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Red Hat: CVE-2023-2491: Regression of CVE-2023-28617 fixes in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-2491: Regression of CVE-2023-28617 fixes in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/09/2023
Created
05/15/2023
Added
05/15/2023
Modified
09/03/2024

Description

A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the "org-babel-execute:latex" function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-emacs
  • redhat-upgrade-emacs-common
  • redhat-upgrade-emacs-common-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-emacs-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-emacs-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-emacs-filesystem
  • redhat-upgrade-emacs-lucid
  • redhat-upgrade-emacs-lucid-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-emacs-nox
  • redhat-upgrade-emacs-nox-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-emacs-terminal

References

  • CVE-2023-2491
  • RHSA-2023:2626
  • RHSA-2023:3104

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