USN-3427-1: Emacs vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3427-1

21st September, 2017

emacs24 vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

Emacs could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software description

• emacs24 - GNU Emacs editor

Details

Charles A. Roelli discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain
files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an
attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

emacs24 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

emacs24 24.3+1-2ubuntu1.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2017-14482

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2xVCzl1