Resource Exhaustion Affecting emacs-el package, versions <1:24.3-23.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.94% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-EMACSEL-2551480
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed9 May 2019

Introduced: 9 May 2019

CVE-2017-12805  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 emacs-el to version 1:24.3-23.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-1180.

NVD Description

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

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