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 Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-EMACSTERMINAL-2549136
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Mar 2018

Introduced: 27 Mar 2018

CVE-2017-18254  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 emacs-terminal 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-terminal package and not the emacs-terminal package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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