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Alpine: multiple emacs packages: security update to 28.2-r2

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 404225

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - emacsclient-mail.desktop in Emacs 28.1 through 28.2 is vulnerable to shell command injections through a
 crafted mailto: URI. This is related to lack of compliance with the Desktop Entry Specification. It is
 fixed in 29.0.90 (CVE-2023-27985)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-27985

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 404225

Version: Revision 1.34

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27985

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27985