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FreeBSD: VID-4F6C4C07-3179-11EF-9DA5-1C697A616631: emacs -- Arbitrary shell code evaluation vulnerability

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FreeBSD: VID-4F6C4C07-3179-11EF-9DA5-1C697A616631: emacs -- Arbitrary shell code evaluation vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/22/2024
Created
06/26/2024
Added
06/24/2024
Modified
06/24/2024

Description

GNU Emacs developers report:

Emacs 29.4 is an emergency bugfix release intended to fix a security vulnerability. Arbitrary shell commands are no longer run when turning on Org mode in order to avoid running malicious code.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-emacs
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-emacs-canna
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-emacs-devel
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-emacs-devel-nox
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-emacs-nox
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-emacs-wayland

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