GNU emacs unspecified buffer overflow
| emacs-unspecified-bo (38904) |  High Risk |
Description:
GNU emacs is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking from unspecified actions performed via the command line. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an unspecified attack vector to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.11
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.5.2
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5.2
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Gentoo, Linux
- GNU, emacs
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux
Remedy:
Refer to SUSE-SR:2007:025 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Mac OS X:
Apply Security Update 2008-002, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Apple Web site, About Security Update 2008-002 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562.
- GNU Emacs Web page, GNU Emacs at http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/.
- CVE-2007-6109: Stack-based buffer overflow in emacs allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a large precision value in an integer format string specifier to the format function, as demonstrated via a certain emacs -batch -eval command line.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0924: Apple Mac OS X Command Execution and Security Bypass Issues
- GLSA-200712-03: GNU Emacs: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDVSA-2008:034: Updated emacs packages fix vulnerabilities
- SA29420: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SR:2007:025: SUSE Security Summary Report
- SUSE-SR:2008:003: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-607-1: Emacs vulnerabilities
Reported:
Dec 05, 2007
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