SUSE update for emacs

1) Use of Potentially Dangerous Function

EUVDB-ID: #VU93118

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39331

CWE-ID: CWE-676 - Use of Potentially Dangerous Function

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to org-link-expand-abbrev in lisp/ol.el expands a %(...) link abbrev even when it specifies an unsafe function. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected package emacs to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Desktop Applications Module: 15-SP5 - 15-SP6

Basesystem Module: 15-SP5 - 15-SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP5 - SP6

openSUSE Leap: 15.4 - 15.6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP4 - SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP4 - SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP5 - SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS: 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15: SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15: SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS: 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.3

SUSE Manager Server: 4.3

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.3

emacs-info: before 27.2-150400.3.17.1

emacs-el: before 27.2-150400.3.17.1

emacs: before 27.2-150400.3.17.1

etags: before 27.2-150400.3.17.1

emacs-debugsource: before 27.2-150400.3.17.1

emacs-nox: before 27.2-150400.3.17.1

etags-debuginfo: before 27.2-150400.3.17.1

emacs-x11-debuginfo: before 27.2-150400.3.17.1

emacs-x11: before 27.2-150400.3.17.1

emacs-nox-debuginfo: before 27.2-150400.3.17.1

emacs-debuginfo: before 27.2-150400.3.17.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:desktop_applications_module:15-SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:desktop_applications_module:15-SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:basesystem_module:15-SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:basesystem_module:15-SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_15:SP6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop_15:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_15_sp4_ltss:15-SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_ltss_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_espos_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop_15_sp4_ltss:15-SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing_15:SP4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_retail_branch_server:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_server:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_proxy:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:emacs-info:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:emacs-el:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:etags:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:emacs-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:emacs-nox:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:etags-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:emacs-x11-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:emacs-x11:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:emacs-nox-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:emacs-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20242567-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.