Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2025-1964
Advisory Release Date: 2025-03-13 20:58 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-03-13 20:58 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Improper handling of custom "man" URI schemes allows attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands by tricking users into visiting a specially crafted website or an HTTP URL with a redirect. (CVE-2025-1244)
Affected Packages:
emacs
Issue Correction:
Run yum update emacs to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
emacs-common-24.3-20.26.amzn1.i686
emacs-debuginfo-24.3-20.26.amzn1.i686
emacs-24.3-20.26.amzn1.i686
noarch:
emacs-el-24.3-20.26.amzn1.noarch
src:
emacs-24.3-20.26.amzn1.src
x86_64:
emacs-common-24.3-20.26.amzn1.x86_64
emacs-debuginfo-24.3-20.26.amzn1.x86_64
emacs-24.3-20.26.amzn1.x86_64