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RHSA-2023:1915: Red Hat Security Advisory: emacs security update

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.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.

Related CVEs:

  • CVE-2023-28617: A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the function org-babel-execute:latex in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution.
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Issued:

2023-04-20

Updated:

2023-04-20

RHSA-2023:1915 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Important: emacs security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

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.

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.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2180544 - CVE-2023-28617 emacs: command injection vulnerability in org-mode

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2

SRPM

emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.src.rpm

SHA-256: 54dbbdb4184d53d6605ce4cab5002a6c0330ed08c1fba2b37f30c4ab9afeff27

x86_64

emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 6a99043352965f010a036f6484e77322b23b8fa1c5b3a129dd4ed9ae0cfcedae

emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 598d086d88cb6b96c7bec8390bc06fc98bd542676c34753789376b825607cbcb

emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 59b345456046c665995cbc326af1d164049256ef065e3904355b1ff37732d55a

emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 9637c49e35224b073f8f014635ea118a2f63273a2e556b974b95cd8be0a9fb30

emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 0fe46bedf890b132e03b7c9cfa1d52bdf4763d6662b9fc2811dcc16ee497de11

emacs-filesystem-26.1-5.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: 6c797969db0562c57cc688f53deda427c0f9fe1b9eb9afe8490c14d0b726006e

emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: fffa1281cc2da3d039b7cdda650fdebf578d6ff412979d1e689debd2d76d8653

emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 92e33f0aafafb96729ccd37699b1f7be4a2733c4ee17354e977dafcd4b0f9727

emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 4ab349fe996d301bcd8f00cc30b3ae1b108960eb136a1cca7de14a1d440d8382

emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 5ded6eafe8ae3677c3957e1387f788110a896afa4938ffa7e9e1174ad21f46bd

emacs-terminal-26.1-5.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: b236d32b964a61702564682aa524b630f6a45f0a4df8f0c5b0dc633eb11f0bda

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2

SRPM

emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.src.rpm

SHA-256: 54dbbdb4184d53d6605ce4cab5002a6c0330ed08c1fba2b37f30c4ab9afeff27

x86_64

emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 6a99043352965f010a036f6484e77322b23b8fa1c5b3a129dd4ed9ae0cfcedae

emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 598d086d88cb6b96c7bec8390bc06fc98bd542676c34753789376b825607cbcb

emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 59b345456046c665995cbc326af1d164049256ef065e3904355b1ff37732d55a

emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 9637c49e35224b073f8f014635ea118a2f63273a2e556b974b95cd8be0a9fb30

emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 0fe46bedf890b132e03b7c9cfa1d52bdf4763d6662b9fc2811dcc16ee497de11

emacs-filesystem-26.1-5.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: 6c797969db0562c57cc688f53deda427c0f9fe1b9eb9afe8490c14d0b726006e

emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: fffa1281cc2da3d039b7cdda650fdebf578d6ff412979d1e689debd2d76d8653

emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 92e33f0aafafb96729ccd37699b1f7be4a2733c4ee17354e977dafcd4b0f9727

emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 4ab349fe996d301bcd8f00cc30b3ae1b108960eb136a1cca7de14a1d440d8382

emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 5ded6eafe8ae3677c3957e1387f788110a896afa4938ffa7e9e1174ad21f46bd

emacs-terminal-26.1-5.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: b236d32b964a61702564682aa524b630f6a45f0a4df8f0c5b0dc633eb11f0bda

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2

SRPM

emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.src.rpm

SHA-256: 54dbbdb4184d53d6605ce4cab5002a6c0330ed08c1fba2b37f30c4ab9afeff27

ppc64le

emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: d2a1729e2524eb1b0b684c8e996baa1641096aded53bd9bef926ae0f98cca0fb

emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: a6a4edbe08d28350978fc4dd9acb2a633fe56a5c5e809b8d362d7245f794583e

emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: 2be10c8bd0394412b67b554571bdc4d3de874e3eb11eaba8c5b42d27d4af61a6

emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: 53c8601a1f6cc7c3df95244aca5e7a221c5c46bed158a6171701ee810a5a98e0

emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: 862f6345659a3d4c0b56042f9ed5a21e89a4a6724a7e19d5e5ce4bacb4cee010

emacs-filesystem-26.1-5.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: 6c797969db0562c57cc688f53deda427c0f9fe1b9eb9afe8490c14d0b726006e

emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: 9ff5f04993350440f5abc796e40e9f260c05612c2cad7776f508da5bb102569a

emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: 5cce8f8cbf79f6555b084bcdc6758acb379cda35efd5afa79bad005cf4652790

emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: cfd648b849798d3b31cad95e508c180d13f1039c04f486585411a378f6f06579

emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.ppc64le.rpm

SHA-256: 80e354acfb09542c0773c42233663ab6e2e6e031042f754cbdba6d68e7429ac9

emacs-terminal-26.1-5.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: b236d32b964a61702564682aa524b630f6a45f0a4df8f0c5b0dc633eb11f0bda

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2

SRPM

emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.src.rpm

SHA-256: 54dbbdb4184d53d6605ce4cab5002a6c0330ed08c1fba2b37f30c4ab9afeff27

x86_64

emacs-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 6a99043352965f010a036f6484e77322b23b8fa1c5b3a129dd4ed9ae0cfcedae

emacs-common-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 598d086d88cb6b96c7bec8390bc06fc98bd542676c34753789376b825607cbcb

emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 59b345456046c665995cbc326af1d164049256ef065e3904355b1ff37732d55a

emacs-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 9637c49e35224b073f8f014635ea118a2f63273a2e556b974b95cd8be0a9fb30

emacs-debugsource-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 0fe46bedf890b132e03b7c9cfa1d52bdf4763d6662b9fc2811dcc16ee497de11

emacs-filesystem-26.1-5.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: 6c797969db0562c57cc688f53deda427c0f9fe1b9eb9afe8490c14d0b726006e

emacs-lucid-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: fffa1281cc2da3d039b7cdda650fdebf578d6ff412979d1e689debd2d76d8653

emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 92e33f0aafafb96729ccd37699b1f7be4a2733c4ee17354e977dafcd4b0f9727

emacs-nox-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 4ab349fe996d301bcd8f00cc30b3ae1b108960eb136a1cca7de14a1d440d8382

emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-5.el8_2.1.x86_64.rpm

SHA-256: 5ded6eafe8ae3677c3957e1387f788110a896afa4938ffa7e9e1174ad21f46bd

emacs-terminal-26.1-5.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm

SHA-256: b236d32b964a61702564682aa524b630f6a45f0a4df8f0c5b0dc633eb11f0bda

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