Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting emacs-filesystem package, versions <1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-EMACSFILESYSTEM-3356610
  • published8 Mar 2023
  • disclosed20 Feb 2023

Introduced: 20 Feb 2023

CVE-2022-48338  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 emacs-filesystem to version 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-122.

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 Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in GNU Emacs through 28.2. In ruby-mode.el, the ruby-find-library-file function has a local command injection vulnerability. The ruby-find-library-file function is an interactive function, and bound to C-c C-f. Inside the function, the external command gem is called through shell-command-to-string, but the feature-name parameters are not escaped. Thus, malicious Ruby source files may cause commands to be executed.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1