USN-5955-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5955-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5955-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5955-1
Related
Published
2023-03-15T12:47:43.147601Z
Modified
2023-03-15T12:47:43.147601Z
Summary
emacs24 vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that Emacs did not properly manage certain files when using htmlfontify functionality. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary commands.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / emacs24

Package

Name
emacs24
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/emacs24?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2

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
24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1
24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "emacs24"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "emacs24-bin-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "emacs24-bin-common-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "emacs24-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "emacs24-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "emacs24-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "emacs24-el"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "emacs24-lucid"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "emacs24-lucid-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "emacs24-lucid-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "emacs24-nox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "emacs24-nox-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2",
            "binary_name": "emacs24-nox-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}