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TencentOS Server 2: emacs (TSSA-2023:0127)

high Nessus Plugin ID 276256

Synopsis

The remote TencentOS Server 2 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 2 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2023:0127 advisory.

 Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

 CVE-2022-48339:
 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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

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://mirrors.tencent.com/tlinux/errata/tssa-20230127.xml

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 276256

File Name: tencentos_TSSA_2023_0127.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/20/2025

Updated: 11/20/2025

Supported Sensors: 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:tencent:tencentos_server:2, p-cpe:/a:tencent:tencentos_server:emacs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/etc/os-release, Host/TencentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48339