USN-3427-1

Charles A. Roelli discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file (e.g., email messages in gnus), an attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / emacs24

Package

Name: emacs24
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/emacs24@24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

24.*

24.3+1-1ubuntu3

24.3+1-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24",
            "binary_version": "24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-bin-common",
            "binary_version": "24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-common",
            "binary_version": "24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-el",
            "binary_version": "24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-lucid",
            "binary_version": "24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-nox",
            "binary_version": "24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2017-14482"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3427-1.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / emacs24

Package

Name: emacs24
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/emacs24@24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

24.*

24.5+1-1ubuntu2

24.5+1-1ubuntu4

24.5+1-1ubuntu5

24.5+1-1ubuntu6

24.5+1-1ubuntu7

24.5+1-6ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24",
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-bin-common",
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-common",
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-el",
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-lucid",
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-nox",
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2017-14482"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3427-1.json"