Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Emacs vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-504-1 | First vendor Publication | 2007-08-28 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2007-08-28 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: Ubuntu 6.10: Ubuntu 7.04: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart emacs to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Hendrik Tews discovered that emacs21 did not correctly handle certain GIF images. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted GIF, a remote attacker could cause emacs21 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-504-1 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16922 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16922 | ||
| Title: | USN-504-1 -- emacs21 vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Hendrik Tews discovered that emacs21 did not correctly handle certain GIF images. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-504-1 CVE-2007-2833 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 6.06 Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 | Product(s): | emacs21 |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18511 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18511 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1316-1 emacs21 | ||
| Description: | It has been discovered that emacs, the GNU Emacs editor, will crash when processing certain types of images. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1316-1 CVE-2007-2833 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | emacs21 |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-10-10 | Name : SLES9: Security update for GNU Emacs File : nvt/sles9p5011365.nasl |
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for emacs MDKSA-2007:133 (emacs) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_133.nasl |
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for emacs21 vulnerability USN-504-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_504_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 37512 | GNU Emacs vm Mode GIF Handling DoS |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2007-12-13 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_emacs-4190.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-10 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-504-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-10-17 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_emacs-4197.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-06-27 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1316.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-06-27 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-133.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:04:34 |
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