SUSE update for emacs

Published: 2023-03-02

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-48337 CVE-2022-48339
CWE-ID	CWE-78
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE OpenStack Cloud Operating systems & Components / Operating system emacs-info Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component emacs-el Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component emacs-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component emacs-nox Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component emacs Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component emacs-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component etags Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component etags-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component emacs-x11-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component emacs-x11 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component emacs-nox-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) OS Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU72573

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48337

CWE-ID: CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when parsing name of a source-code file in lib-src/etags.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim use the "etags -u *" command on the directory with attacker controlled content and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Mitigation

Update the affected package emacs to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS: 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ESPOS: 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP2 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL: 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP2 - SP5

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar: 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud: 9

emacs-info: before 24.3-25.12.1

emacs-el: before 24.3-25.12.1

emacs-debuginfo: before 24.3-25.12.1

emacs-nox: before 24.3-25.12.1

emacs: before 24.3-25.12.1

emacs-debugsource: before 24.3-25.12.1

etags: before 24.3-25.12.1

etags-debuginfo: before 24.3-25.12.1

emacs-x11-debuginfo: before 24.3-25.12.1

emacs-x11: before 24.3-25.12.1

emacs-nox-debuginfo: before 24.3-25.12.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20230597-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) OS Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU72575