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Red Hat: RHSA-2023:3481-01 Moderate: Emacs Command Injection

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Calendar Grey June 6, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat has announced a moderate vulnerability in Emacs for Enterprise Linux 7, urging users to update the package to prevent unauthorized command execution
An update for emacs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor. It provides special code editing features, a scripting language (elisp), and the capability to read e-mail and news.
Security Fix(es):
* emacs: command injection vulnerability in htmlfontify.el (CVE-2022-48339)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux emacs command injection

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48339 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: emacs-24.3-23.el7_9.1.src.rpm
noarch: emacs-filesystem-24.3-23.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64: emacs-24.3-23.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm emacs-common-24.3-23.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm emacs-debuginfo-24.3-23.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm emacs-nox-24.3-23.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch: emacs-el-24.3-23.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm emacs-terminal-24.3-23.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: emacs-24.3-23.el7_9.1.src.rpm
noarch: emacs-filesystem-24.3-23.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
noarch: emacs-el-24.3-23.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm emacs-terminal-24.3-23.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64: emacs-24.3-23.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm emacs-common-24.3-23.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm emacs-debuginfo-24.3-23.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm emacs-nox-24.3-23.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: emacs-24.3-23.el7_9.1.src.rpm
noarch: emacs-filesystem-24.3-23.el7_9.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64: emacs-24.3-23.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm emacs-common-24.3-23.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm emacs-debuginfo-24.3-23.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm emacs-nox-24.3-23.el7_9.1.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: emacs-24.3-23.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm emacs-common-24.3-23.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm emacs-debuginfo-24.3-23.el7_9.1.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3481-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3481
Issue date: 2023-06-06

Topic

An update for emacs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux emacs command injection

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

2171989 - CVE-2022-48339 emacs: command injection vulnerability in htmlfontify.el

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