Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841172
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1586-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'emacs23' package(s) announced via the USN-1586-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'emacs23' package(s) announced via the USN-1586-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Hiroshi Oota discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled search paths. If a user were tricked into opening a file with Emacs, a local attacker could execute arbitrary Lisp code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-0035) Paul Ling discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain eval forms in local-variable sections. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file with Emacs, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary Lisp code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-3479) Affected Software/OS: 'emacs23' package(s) on Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 9.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-0035 47311 http://secunia.com/advisories/47311 47515 http://secunia.com/advisories/47515 50801 http://secunia.com/advisories/50801 FEDORA-2012-0462 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/072285.html FEDORA-2012-0494 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/072288.html GLSA-201812-05 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-05 MDVSA-2013:076 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:076 USN-1586-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1586-1 [cedet-devel] 20120109 Security flaw in EDE http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28649762 [cedet-devel] 20120111 CEDET 1.0.1 available online http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28657612 [emacs-devel] 20120109 Security flaw in EDE; new release plans http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-01/msg00387.html [oss-security] 20120109 CVE Request: CEDET/Emacs global-ede-mode file loading vulnerability http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/2 [oss-security] 20120109 Re: Re: CVE Request: CEDET/Emacs global-ede-mode file loading vulnerability http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/4 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-3479 1027375 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027375 50157 http://secunia.com/advisories/50157 54969 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54969 DSA-2603 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2603 SSA:2012-228-02 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.420006 [oss-security] 20120812 Re: Security flaw in GNU Emacs file-local variables http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/2 [oss-security] 20120813 Security flaw in GNU Emacs file-local variables http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/1 http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12155 openSUSE-SU-2012:1348 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00057.html
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