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
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
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