OS Command Injection Affecting emacs package, versions <1:28.2+1-11


0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.19% (56th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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SUSE
7.8 high
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Red Hat
7.3 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-EMACS-3326674
  • published 21 Feb 2023
  • disclosed 20 Feb 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 emacs to version 1:28.2+1-11 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs package and not the emacs package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 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.