Detections
Analytics
CentOS 7 : emacs (RHSA-2023:3481)
high Nessus Plugin ID 178967
Language:
Synopsis
The remote CentOS Linux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 178967
File Name: centos_RHSA-2023-3481.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 7/28/2023
Updated: 12/22/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:emacs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:emacs-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:emacs-el, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:emacs-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:emacs-terminal, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-48339