Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: emacs / emacs-common / emacs-common-debuginfo / emacs-debuginfo / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_6987)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 359104

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Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2024_6987 advisory.

* emacs: Gnus treats inline MIME contents as trusted (CVE-2024-30203)

* emacs: Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted (CVE-2024-30205)

* emacs: org-link-expand-abbrev: Do not evaluate arbitrary unsafe Elisp code (CVE-2024-39331)

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

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 affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2024_6987.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 359104

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_6987.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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-2024-39331

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

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-30203, CVE-2024-30205, CVE-2024-39331

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