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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3970-1 (emacs24 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
6 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
Charles A. Roelli discovered that Emacs is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution when rendering text/enriched MIME data (e.g. when using Emacs-based mail clients).
Affected Software
Affected Software
emacs24 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 24.4+1-5+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 24.5+1-11+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your emacs24 packages.