MGASA-2022-0457 - Updated emacs packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 13 Dec 2022 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0457.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 8 CVE: CVE-2022-45939 GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function in its implementation of the ctags program. For example, a victim may use the "ctags *" command (suggested in the ctags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input. (CVE-2022-45939) References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31211 - https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2022-December/013180.html - https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/MU2KN46JJ6TL6CR5QN3O4AZXDYE35Z7A/ - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-45939 SRPMS: - 8/core/emacs-27.1-1.2.mga8
Mageia 2022-0457: emacs security update
GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function i...
Summary
GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell
metacharacters in the name of a source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c
uses the system C library function in its implementation of the ctags
program. For example, a victim may use the "ctags *" command (suggested in
the ctags documentation) in a situation where the current working
directory has contents that depend on untrusted input. (CVE-2022-45939)
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31211
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2022-December/013180.html
- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/MU2KN46JJ6TL6CR5QN3O4AZXDYE35Z7A/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-45939
Resolution
MGASA-2022-0457 - Updated emacs packages fix security vulnerability
SRPMS
- 8/core/emacs-27.1-1.2.mga8
Severity
Publication date: 13 Dec 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0457.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-45939
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