RHEL 8 : emacs (RHSA-2024:1103)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 191575

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for emacs.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1103 advisory.

- emacs: ctags local command execution vulnerability (CVE-2022-45939)

- emacs: command execution via shell metacharacters (CVE-2022-48337)

- emacs: command injection vulnerability in htmlfontify.el (CVE-2022-48339)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL emacs package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1103.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 191575

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1103.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/5/2024

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48337

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:emacs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:emacs-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:emacs-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:emacs-lucid, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:emacs-terminal

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-45939, CVE-2022-48337, CVE-2022-48339

CWE: 77, 78

RHSA: 2024:1103

Detections

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