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RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: emacs security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3042-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3042
Issue date: 2023-05-16
CVE Names: CVE-2022-45939
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1. Summary:
An update for emacs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. 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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - noarch
3. 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: ctags local command execution vulnerability (CVE-2022-45939)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.
4. 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
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1991156 - Error given on trying to compose outgoing email - suggested fix included
2149380 - CVE-2022-45939 emacs: ctags local command execution vulnerability
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
aarch64:
emacs-26.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
emacs-terminal-26.1-9.el8.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
emacs-26.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
emacs-26.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
emacs-26.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
emacs-common-26.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
emacs-common-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
emacs-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
emacs-debugsource-26.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
emacs-lucid-26.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
emacs-lucid-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
emacs-nox-26.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
emacs-nox-debuginfo-26.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
emacs-26.1-9.el8.src.rpm
noarch:
emacs-filesystem-26.1-9.el8.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45939
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.8_release_notes/index
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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