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FreeBSD: VID-47E2E52C-975C-11E7-942D-5404A68A61A2: emacs -- enriched text remote code execution vulnerability

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FreeBSD: VID-47E2E52C-975C-11E7-942D-5404A68A61A2: emacs -- enriched text remote code execution vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/04/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/12/2017
Modified
09/19/2017

Description

Paul Eggert reports:

Charles A. Roelli has found a security flaw in the enriched mode in GNU Emacs.

When Emacs renders MIME text/enriched data (Internet RFC 1896), it

is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. Since Emacs-based mail

clients decode "Content-Type: text/enriched", this code is exploitable

remotely. This bug affects GNU Emacs versions 19.29 through 25.2.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-emacs-devel
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-emacs-nox11
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-emacs25

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