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Mandriva: Updated emacs packages fix Lisp vulnerability Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake Emacs 21.2 does not prompt or warn the user before executing Lisp code in the local variables section of a text file, which allows user-complicit attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated using the mode-name variable.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDKSA-2005:208
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : emacs
 Date    : November 9, 2005
 Affected: Corporate 2.1
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 Emacs 21.2 does not prompt or warn the user before executing Lisp code
 in the local variables section of a text file, which allows user-
 complicit attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated
 using the mode-name variable.
 
 The packages have been updated to version 21.3 to correct the problem.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-1232
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Corporate Server 2.1:
 48dc24e034b8091dcf425692e3063313  corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
 2719f8131f4d22cb331e1d9139a5469a  corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-el-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
 72083c11973082f333e77ab8517ef39d  corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-leim-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
 c08f09ad0fc94583508edd3ba2706743  corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-nox-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
 6e6c749452b93361b17270ec94a55f4a  corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-X11-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
 6a8ed9e75840c8af8c5e498daaa04167  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/emacs-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate Server 2.1/X86_64:
 63f47c94136bff5fd82f4486dbef173d  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
 ea4d960602af4c4f1e7a3899aacbfc38  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-el-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
 9406e42241f55358662ca7c11afbfbe5  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-leim-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
 37436bb462c3680e88faf06a8fb71dd7  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-nox-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
 963f81f300e17c4b72999e146be5f772  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-X11-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
 6a8ed9e75840c8af8c5e498daaa04167  x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/emacs-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

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 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

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 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

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 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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