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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Emacs vulnerability (USN-5955-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172573

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5955-1 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in GNU Emacs through 28.2. htmlfontify.el has a command injection vulnerability.
 In the hfy-istext-command function, the parameter file and parameter srcdir come from external input, and parameters are not escaped. If a file name or directory name contains shell metacharacters, code may be executed. (CVE-2022-48339)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5955-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172573

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5955-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/15/2023

Updated: 10/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2022-48339

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

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-bin-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-el, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-lucid, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs24-nox

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48339

USN: 5955-1