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Debian: CVE-2017-14482: emacs23, emacs24, emacs25 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-14482: emacs23, emacs24, emacs25 -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/14/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/04/2017
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

GNU Emacs before 25.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via email with crafted "Content-Type: text/enriched" data containing an x-display XML element that specifies execution of shell commands, related to an unsafe text/enriched extension in lisp/textmodes/enriched.el, and unsafe Gnus support for enriched and richtext inline MIME objects in lisp/gnus/mm-view.el. In particular, an Emacs user can be instantly compromised by reading a crafted email message (or Usenet news article).

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-emacs23
  • debian-upgrade-emacs24
  • debian-upgrade-emacs25

References

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