Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3428-1
21st September, 2017
emacs25 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Emacs could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
Charles A. Roelli discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain
files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file (e.g., email
messages in gnus), an attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 17.04:
emacs25 25.1+1-3ubuntu4.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2017-14482
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21st September, 2017
emacs25 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
Emacs could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- emacs25 - GNU Emacs editor
Charles A. Roelli discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain
files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file (e.g., email
messages in gnus), an attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 17.04:
emacs25 25.1+1-3ubuntu4.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2017-14482
Continue reading...
