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Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1915-01
Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-1915-01 - GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor. It provides special code editing features, a scripting language, and the capability to read e-mail and news. Issues addressed include a code execution vulnerability.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: emacs security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1915-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1915
Issue date: 2023-04-20
CVE Names: CVE-2023-28617
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- Summary:
An update for emacs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2
Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications
Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP
Solutions.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v. 8.2) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.2) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v. 8.2) - noarch
- Description:
GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor. It
provides special code editing features, a scripting language (elisp), and
the capability to read e-mail and news.
Security Fix(es):
- emacs: command injection vulnerability in org-mode (CVE-2023-28617)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
- Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
- Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2180544 - CVE-2023-28617 emacs: command injection vulnerability in org-mode
- Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2):
aarch64:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
emacs-terminal-26.1-5.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2):
aarch64:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
emacs-terminal-26.1-5.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2):
aarch64:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
emacs-terminal-26.1-5.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v. 8.2):
Source:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.src.rpm
noarch:
emacs-filesystem-26.1-5.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.2):
Source:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.src.rpm
noarch:
emacs-filesystem-26.1-5.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v. 8.2):
Source:
emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.src.rpm
noarch:
emacs-filesystem-26.1-5.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
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- References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28617
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
- Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is [email protected]. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
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