Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-2142: GNU Emacs, XEmacs: Multiple vulnerabilities
7
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
05/12/2008
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
Emacs 21 and XEmacs automatically load and execute .flc (fast lock) files that are associated with other files that are edited within Emacs, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-editors-emacs
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-xemacs-edit-utils
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