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Slackware 15.0: 2025-057-01 critical: emacs shell injection threat

New emacs packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] emacs (SSA:2025-057-01) New emacs packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/emacs-30.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes two security issues: Fix shell injection vulnerability in man.el (CVE-2025-1244). New user option 'trusted-content' to allow potentially dangerous features. This option lists those files and directories whose content Emacs should consider as sufficiently trusted to run any part of the code contained therein even without any explicit user request. For example, Flymake's backend for Emacs Lisp consults this option and disables itself with an "untrusted content" warning if the file is not listed. Emacs Lisp authors should note that a major or minor mode must never set this option to the ':all' value. This option is used to fix CVE-2024-53920. Thanks to pbslxw for the heads-up. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1244 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53920 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/emacs-30.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/emacs-30.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Updated package for Slackware-current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/e/emacs-30.1-i686-1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/e/emacs-30.1-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 15.0 package: 7f9a4dee990732eaf086f6d90906a05a emacs-30.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 68c8414823407b3eb297ef3434e04674 emacs-30.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware -current package: 30407fb50cf96c95b660e4aafcbbc909 e/emacs-30.1-i686-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 293c63e33dbaaf457c83545012a91ccb e/emacs-30.1-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg emacs-30.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz +-----+ . Recent updates to emacs packages for Slackware address major security vulnerabilities, significantly bolstering the safety and stability of the system.. Emacs Shell Injection, Slackware Security Update, Trusted Content, Security Patch. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 26, 2025 •Critical Slackware