Summary
GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor. It provides special code editing features, a scripting language (elisp), and the capability to read e-mail and news.
Security Fix(es):
* emacs: ctags local command execution vulnerability (CVE-2022-45939)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
Fixed packages 6
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | emacs | 1:26.1-9.el8 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | emacs-common | 1:26.1-9.el8 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | emacs-filesystem | 1:26.1-9.el8 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | emacs-lucid | 1:26.1-9.el8 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | emacs-nox | 1:26.1-9.el8 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | emacs-terminal | 1:26.1-9.el8 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file,…