CVE-2023-2491
Published: 17 May 2023
A 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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| rodrigo-zaiden |
CVE-2023-28617 regression for Red Hat systems only. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
emacs
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| lunar |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(debian: Red Hat specific security regression from CVE-2023-28617 patches)
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
|
emacs23
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
emacs24
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
|
emacs25
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
| focal |
Does not exist
|
|
| jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
| kinetic |
Does not exist
|
|
| lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
xemacs21
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| lunar |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
| upstream |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
|
xemacs21-packages
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| lunar |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(Red Hat only)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |