openSUSE 10 Security Update : emacs (emacs-4197)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27204

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a bug in parsing GIF images that lead to a crash of emacs. (CVE-2007-2833)

Solution

Update the affected emacs packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27204

File Name: suse_emacs-4197.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs-el, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs-x11, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2833