OS Command Injection Affecting emacs-filesystem package, versions <1:26.1-9.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.63% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-EMACSFILESYSTEM-5621485
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed9 May 2023

Introduced: 9 May 2023

CVE-2022-45939  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 emacs-filesystem to version 1:26.1-9.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:3042.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs-filesystem package and not the emacs-filesystem package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function in its implementation of the ctags program. For example, a victim may use the "ctags *" command (suggested in the ctags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1