Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting emacs-terminal package, versions <1:24.3-23.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-EMACSTERMINAL-2166055
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 May 2017

Introduced: 4 May 2017

CVE-2017-11166  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 emacs-terminal to version 1:24.3-23.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs-terminal package and not the emacs-terminal package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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