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Alma Linux: CVE-2023-2491: Important: emacs security update (Multiple Advisories)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2023-2491: Important: emacs security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/09/2023
Created
05/15/2023
Added
05/15/2023
Modified
01/30/2025

Description

A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the "org-babel-execute:latex" function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-emacs
  • alma-upgrade-emacs-common
  • alma-upgrade-emacs-filesystem
  • alma-upgrade-emacs-lucid
  • alma-upgrade-emacs-nox
  • alma-upgrade-emacs-terminal

References

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