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Fedora 40 : emacs (2024-f9ce536a3e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194540

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-f9ce536a3e advisory.

 - Select correct Emacs binary on X11. ---- Obsolete the newer emacs-nox now in F39, fixing system upgrades
 ---- New upstream release 29.3, fixes rhbz#2271287 (FEDORA-2024-f9ce536a3e)

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 1:emacs package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-f9ce536a3e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194540

File Name: fedora_2024-f9ce536a3e.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2024

Updated: 4/29/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:emacs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

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