CVE-2012-3479
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-3479 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-08-25 10:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2013-12-13 05:03:00 UTC |
| Description | lisp/files.el in Emacs 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, and 24.1 automatically executes eval forms in local-variable sections when the enable-local-variables option is set to :safe, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary Emacs Lisp code via a crafted file. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Gnu | Emacs | 23.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Emacs | 23.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Emacs | 23.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Emacs | 24.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Emacs | 23.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Emacs | 23.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Emacs | 23.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Emacs | 24.1 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories | SLACKWARE | www.slackware.com | |
| GNU Emacs 'enable-local-variables' Safe Setting Can Be Bypassed Leading to Command Execution - SecurityTracker | SECTRACK | www.securitytracker.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:076 | Mandriva | MANDRIVA | www.mandriva.com | |
| oss-security - Re: Security flaw in GNU Emacs file-local variables | MLIST | www.openwall.com | |
| #12155 - 24.1; Potential Security Flaw with `enable-local-eval', `enable-local-variables' - GNU bug report logs | CONFIRM | debbugs.gnu.org | |
| oss-security - Security flaw in GNU Emacs file-local variables | MLIST | www.openwall.com | Patch |
| Security Advisory SA50801 - Ubuntu update for emacs23 - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| openSUSE-SU-2012:1348-1: moderate: emacs and depending packages | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | |
| USN-1586-1: Emacs vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | UBUNTU | www.ubuntu.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2603-1 emacs23 | DEBIAN | www.debian.org | |
| GNU Emacs 'enable-local-variables' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Security Alerts - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.