Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting emacs-nox package, versions <1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.09% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-EMACSNOX-3369132
  • published23 Mar 2023
  • disclosed9 Mar 2023

Introduced: 9 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-27985  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 emacs-nox to version 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-134.

NVD Description

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

emacsclient-mail.desktop in Emacs 28.1 through 28.2 is vulnerable to shell command injections through a crafted mailto: URI. This is related to lack of compliance with the Desktop Entry Specification. It is fixed in 29.0.90

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1