CVE-2023-2491

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-2491
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-05-17 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-05-25 17:25:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the "org-babel-execute:latex" function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-77

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Emacs 26.1-9.el8 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 27.2-8.el9 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.8 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 9.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 8.8 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 9.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 8.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat MISC access.redhat.com
2192873 – (CVE-2023-2491) CVE-2023-2491 emacs: Regression of CVE-2023-28617 fixes in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
cve-details MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160625 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for emacs (ELSA-2023-2626)
  • 160698 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for emacs (ELSA-2023-3104)
  • 241452 Red Hat Update for emacs (RHSA-2023:2626)
  • 241526 Red Hat Update for emacs (RHSA-2023:3104)
  • 941017 AlmaLinux Security Update for emacs (ALSA-2023:2626)
  • 941089 AlmaLinux Security Update for emacs (ALSA-2023:3104)
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