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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-28617): Emacs vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-28617): Emacs vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/19/2023
Created
05/05/2023
Added
04/10/2023
Modified
09/20/2024

Description

org-babel-execute:latex in ob-latex.el in Org Mode through 9.6.1 for GNU Emacs allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a file name or directory name that contains shell metacharacters.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-emacs
  • ubuntu-upgrade-emacs-bin-common
  • ubuntu-upgrade-emacs-common
  • ubuntu-upgrade-emacs-el
  • ubuntu-upgrade-emacs24
  • ubuntu-upgrade-emacs24-common
  • ubuntu-upgrade-emacs25
  • ubuntu-upgrade-emacs25-bin-common
  • ubuntu-upgrade-emacs25-common
  • ubuntu-upgrade-emacs25-el

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