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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-48338: GNU Emacs, Org Mode: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-48338: GNU Emacs, Org Mode: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/20/2023
Created
07/02/2024
Added
07/03/2024
Modified
07/03/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in GNU Emacs through 28.2. In ruby-mode.el, the ruby-find-library-file function has a local command injection vulnerability. The ruby-find-library-file function is an interactive function, and bound to C-c C-f. Inside the function, the external command gem is called through shell-command-to-string, but the feature-name parameters are not escaped. Thus, malicious Ruby source files may cause commands to be executed.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-editors-emacs
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emacs-org-mode

References

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