PT-2012-4747 · Gnu · Emacs

Paul Ling · Published 2012-08-25 · Updated 2013-12-13 · CVE-2012-3479

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Emacs versions 23.2 through 24.1

Description The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary Emacs Lisp code via a crafted file, due to the automatic execution of eval forms in local-variable sections when the enable-local-variables option is set to :safe.

Recommendations For Emacs versions 23.2 through 24.1, consider disabling the automatic execution of eval forms in local-variable sections by setting the enable-local-variables option to a more restrictive value until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3479

DSA-2603-1

Affected Products

Emacs

References · 13

• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:076 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50157 · Vendor Advisory
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.420006 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3479 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2603 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/1 · Patch
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1586-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00057.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50801 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/2 · Note
• http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12155 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/54969 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027375 · Note