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Debian Security Advisory DSA 670-1 (emacs20)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing an update to emacs20 announced via advisory DSA 670-1.

Insight

Insight

Max Vozeler discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the movemail utility of Emacs, the well-known editor. Via connecting to a malicious POP server an attacker can execute arbitrary code under the privileges of group mail. For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 20.7-13.3. The unstable distribution (sid) does not contain an Emacs20 package anymore. We recommend that you upgrade your emacs packages.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20670-1

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