USN-6003-1: Emacs vulnerability
Publication date
6 April 2023
Overview
Emacs could be made to run programs as your login if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- emacs24 - GNU Emacs editor
Details
Xi Lu discovered that Emacs did not properly handle certain
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary commands.
Xi Lu discovered that Emacs did not properly handle certain
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary commands.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.04 xenial | emacs24 – 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm3 | ||
| emacs24-common – 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm3 | |||
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