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Tue, 19 Sep 2017 19:31:49 -0000
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Security ERRATA Important: emacs on SL7.x x86_64
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Synopsis:          Important: emacs security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2017:2771-1
Issue Date:        2017-09-19
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2017-14482
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Security Fix(es):

* A command injection flaw within the Emacs "enriched mode" handling has
been discovered. By tricking an unsuspecting user into opening a specially
crafted file using Emacs, a remote attacker could exploit this flaw to
execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Emacs user.
(CVE-2017-14482)
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SL7
  x86_64
    emacs-24.3-20.el7_4.x86_64.rpm
    emacs-common-24.3-20.el7_4.x86_64.rpm
    emacs-debuginfo-24.3-20.el7_4.x86_64.rpm
    emacs-nox-24.3-20.el7_4.x86_64.rpm
  noarch
    emacs-filesystem-24.3-20.el7_4.noarch.rpm
    emacs-el-24.3-20.el7_4.noarch.rpm
    emacs-terminal-24.3-20.el7_4.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

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