Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55830
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:208 (emacs)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to emacs announced via advisory MDKSA-2005:208. Emacs 21.2 does not prompt or warn the user before executing Lisp code in the local variables section of a text file, which allows user- complicit attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated using the mode-name variable. The packages have been updated to version 21.3 to correct the problem. Affected: Corporate 2.1 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2005:208 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 5.1
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-1232 BugTraq ID: 15375 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15375 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:208 http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.bug/browse_frm/thread/9424ec1b2fdae321/c691a2da8904db0f?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dguninski%2Bemacs%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3Dmailman.763.1041357806.19936.bug-gnu-emacs%2540gnu.org%26rnum%3D1#c691a2da8904db0f http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-May/005089.html http://secunia.com/advisories/17496
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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