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SUSE: 2025:0589-1 Critical: emacs shell command injection

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Calendar Grey February 19, 2025
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Crucial patch released addressing vulnerabilities related to shell command injections in Emacs. Recommended installation through SUSE's standard procedures.
* 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 High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-589=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-589=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2025-589=1 * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2025-589=1

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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 Enterprise Storage 7.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

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-2025:0589-1
Release Date: 2025-02-19T10:31:31Z
Rating: important

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