SB2023051666 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for emacs
Published: May 16, 2023
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2491)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a missing fix for #VU74578 (CVE-2023-28617). A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system via a file name or directory name that contains shell metacharacters.
2) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28617)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the org-babel-execute:latex in ob-latex.el when processing file or directory names. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system via a file name or directory name that contains shell metacharacters.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.