ALAS2-2023-2012

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-28617  

org-babel-execute:latex in ob-latex.el in Org Mode through 9.6.1 for GNU Emacs allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a file name or directory name that contains shell metacharacters. (CVE-2023-28617)

ALAS2-2023-2012


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2012
Advisory Release Date: 2023-04-13 19:28 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-04-20 18:23 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

org-babel-execute:latex in ob-latex.el in Org Mode through 9.6.1 for GNU Emacs allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a file name or directory name that contains shell metacharacters. (CVE-2023-28617)


Affected Packages:

emacs


Issue Correction:
Run yum update emacs to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    emacs-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
    emacs-lucid-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
    emacs-nox-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
    emacs-common-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
    emacs-devel-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
    emacs-debuginfo-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.aarch64

i686:
    emacs-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.i686
    emacs-lucid-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.i686
    emacs-nox-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.i686
    emacs-common-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.i686
    emacs-devel-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.i686
    emacs-debuginfo-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.i686

noarch:
    emacs-terminal-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.noarch
    emacs-filesystem-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.noarch

src:
    emacs-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.src

x86_64:
    emacs-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
    emacs-lucid-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
    emacs-nox-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
    emacs-common-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
    emacs-devel-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
    emacs-debuginfo-27.2-4.amzn2.0.4.x86_64