SUSE update for emacs

1) Use of Potentially Dangerous Function

EUVDB-ID: #VU93118

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-2024-39331

CWE-ID: CWE-676 - Use of Potentially Dangerous Function

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to org-link-expand-abbrev in lisp/ol.el expands a %(...) link abbrev even when it specifies an unsafe function. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected package emacs to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP5

emacs-info: before 24.3-25.20.1

emacs-el: before 24.3-25.20.1

emacs-nox: before 24.3-25.20.1

emacs-debugsource: before 24.3-25.20.1

emacs: before 24.3-25.20.1

emacs-x11-debuginfo: before 24.3-25.20.1

emacs-debuginfo: before 24.3-25.20.1

etags-debuginfo: before 24.3-25.20.1

emacs-x11: before 24.3-25.20.1

etags: before 24.3-25.20.1

emacs-nox-debuginfo: before 24.3-25.20.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20242293-1/

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.