USN-5955-1

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=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

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: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-bin-common",
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-lucid",
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24",
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-el",
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-nox",
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "emacs24-common",
            "binary_version": "24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": []
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5955-1.json"