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Oracle Linux 7 : emacs (ELSA-2023-3481)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176887

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-3481 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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-3481.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176887

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-3481.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/7/2023

Updated: 6/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:emacs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:emacs-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:emacs-el, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:emacs-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:emacs-terminal

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48339