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SUSE Security Update 2025:0574-1 - Critical emacs Command Injection Risk

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Calendar Grey February 18, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
A new Emacs security patch was released on February 18, 2025, fixing vulnerabilities linked to shell commands. Users should follow the update instructions provided
* bsc#1237091 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-1244

Summary

## This update for emacs fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-1244: improper handling of custom "man" URI schemes allow for shell command injections. (bsc#1237091) ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2025-574=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-574=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * emacs-nox-24.3-25.23.1 * emacs-x11-24.3-25.23.1 * emacs-debuginfo-24.3-25.23.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory vulnerability patch important emacs SUSE command injection SUSE Linux Enterprise patch instructions shell injection CVE-2025-1244

References

* bsc#1237091

Cross-

* CVE-2025-1244

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-1244 ( SUSE ): 7.1

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-1244 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-1244 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1244.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237091

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0574-1
Release Date: 2025-02-18T09:36:24Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory vulnerability patch important emacs SUSE command injection SUSE Linux Enterprise patch instructions shell injection CVE-2025-1244

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