vulnerability

Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-48337: Important priority package update for emacs

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 21, 2023
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 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 etags program. For example, a victim may use the "etags -u *" command (suggested in the etags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input.
A flaw was found in the Emacs package. This flaw allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file.

Solutions

amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-commonamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-common-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-filesystemamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-lucidamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-lucid-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-noxamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-nox-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-emacs-terminal
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