USN-5781-1: Emacs vulnerability
14 December 2022
Emacs could be made to run programs as your login if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- emacs24 - GNU Emacs editor
Details
It was discovered that Emacs did not properly manage certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
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emacs24-bin-common
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24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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emacs24
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24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-7027-1: emacs-common, emacs25-lucid, emacs-nox, emacs-pgtk, emacs-lucid, emacs-gtk, emacs-el, emacs25-el, emacs24-nox, emacs24-common, emacs25-nox, emacs25-bin-common, emacs24-bin-common, emacs25, emacs24, emacs25-common, emacs-bin-common, emacs24-el, emacs24-lucid, emacs