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Package name emacs
Date November 9th, 2005
Advisory ID MDKSA-2005:208
Affected versions CS2.1
Synopsis Updated emacs packages fix Lisp vulnerability

Problem Description

Emacs 21.2 does not prompt or warn the user before executing Lisp code in the local variables section of a text file, which allows user- complicit attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated using the mode-name variable. The packages have been updated to version 21.3 to correct the problem.

Updated Packages

Corporate Server 2.1

48dc24e034b8091dcf425692e3063313  corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
 2719f8131f4d22cb331e1d9139a5469a  corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-el-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
 72083c11973082f333e77ab8517ef39d  corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-leim-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
 c08f09ad0fc94583508edd3ba2706743  corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-nox-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
 6e6c749452b93361b17270ec94a55f4a  corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-X11-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
 6a8ed9e75840c8af8c5e498daaa04167  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/emacs-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/X86_64

63f47c94136bff5fd82f4486dbef173d  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
 ea4d960602af4c4f1e7a3899aacbfc38  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-el-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
 9406e42241f55358662ca7c11afbfbe5  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-leim-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
 37436bb462c3680e88faf06a8fb71dd7  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-nox-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
 963f81f300e17c4b72999e146be5f772  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/emacs-X11-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
 6a8ed9e75840c8af8c5e498daaa04167  x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/emacs-21.3-1.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-1232

Upgrade

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Verification

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command :

                rpm --checksig package.rpm

You can get the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team to verify the GPG signature of each RPM.

If you use MandrakeUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you.