OS Command Injection Affecting emacs-filesystem package, versions <1:26.1-11.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.6% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-EMACSFILESYSTEM-6087246
  • published27 Nov 2023
  • disclosed9 May 2023

Introduced: 9 May 2023

CVE-2022-48337  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 emacs-filesystem to version 1:26.1-11.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:7083.

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 etags program. For example, a victim may use the "etags -u *" command (suggested in the etags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1