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title: "CVE-2012-0035\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-0035

Publication date 19 January 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in EDE in CEDET before 1.0.1, as used
in GNU Emacs before 23.4 and other products, allows local users to gain
privileges via a crafted Lisp expression in a Project.ede file in the
directory, or a parent directory, of an opened file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0035?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cedet | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| emacs22 | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| emacs23 | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 23.3+1-1ubuntu4.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0035?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

cedet was merged into emacs in 23.2

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

natty is too close to EoL to be worth difficult backport,
ignoring

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| emacs23 | * Upstream:   <http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/emacs/emacs-23/revision/100631> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0035)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0035)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-0035)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0035)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1586-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1586-1)
+ Emacs vulnerabilities
+ 27 September 2012

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0035>