Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting emacs package, versions <1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-EMACS-5411021
  • published5 Apr 2023
  • disclosed19 Mar 2023

Introduced: 19 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-28617  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 emacs to version 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-147.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs package and not the emacs package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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