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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2008-2142

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2008-2142

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/12/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

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)

  • suse-upgrade-emacs
  • suse-upgrade-emacs-el
  • suse-upgrade-emacs-info
  • suse-upgrade-emacs-nox
  • suse-upgrade-emacs-x11
  • suse-upgrade-suse-release
  • suse-upgrade-xemacs-packages
  • suse-upgrade-xemacs-packages-el
  • suse-upgrade-xemacs-packages-info

References

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