vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-45939: Security patch for emacs (ALAS-2023-1712)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 28, 2022 | Apr 6, 2023 | May 21, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 28, 2022
Added
Apr 6, 2023
Modified
May 21, 2025
Description
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 ctags program. For example, a victim may use the "ctags *" command (suggested in the ctags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-emacs
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