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Debian Bookworm: DSA-5871-1 Critical: emacs shell command execution

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Calendar Grey February 27, 2025
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Tackling several vulnerabilities in Emacs, users on Debian are advised to perform an update to safeguard their system's security and reliability.
Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in Emacs: CVE-2024-53920

Summary

Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in Emacs:

CVE-2024-53920

Elisp byte-compilation ('elisp-flymake-byte-compile') in the Flymake
mode is now disabled for untrusted files.

CVE-2025-1244

An incomplete escaping of shell meta characters in the man reader
component could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary
shell commands. Discovered by Maxim Nikulin.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your emacs packages.

For the detailed security status of emacs please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/emacs

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: emacs
CVE ID: CVE-2024-53920 CVE-2025-1244

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