fkie_cve-2023-2491
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2023-05-17 22:15
Modified
2025-01-22 19:15
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the "org-babel-execute:latex" function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2626Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3104Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2491Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2192873Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2626Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3104Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2491Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2192873Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu emacs 26.1-9.el8
gnu emacs 27.2-8.el9
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.8
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 9.2
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 8.8
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 9.2
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 8.8


To clipboard 

{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:26.1-9.el8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "0D22AA80-5195-415F-B400-E15FDA9DB01C",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:27.2-8.el9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "28CA40AF-31C9-43CA-B6F1-2B67222B9271",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "F4CFF558-3C47-480D-A2F0-BABF26042943",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "7F6FB57C-2BC7-487C-96DD-132683AEB35D",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "62C31522-0A17-4025-B269-855C7F4B45C2",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "3C74F6FA-FA6C-4648-9079-91446E45EE47",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "0CD25A35-9C2B-4382-8720-4E39F928170B",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "F32CA554-F9D7-425B-8F1C-89678507F28C",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "F1CA946D-1665-4874-9D41-C7D963DD1F56",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the \"org-babel-execute:latex\" function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-2491",
  "lastModified": "2025-01-22T19:15:09.470",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "baseScore": 7.8,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 1.8,
        "impactScore": 5.9,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary"
      },
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "baseScore": 7.8,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 1.8,
        "impactScore": 5.9,
        "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
        "type": "Secondary"
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2023-05-17T22:15:10.997",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2626"
    },
    {
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3104"
    },
    {
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2491"
    },
    {
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
      "tags": [
        "Issue Tracking",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2192873"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2626"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3104"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2491"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Issue Tracking",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2192873"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-77"
        }
      ],
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
      "type": "Secondary"
    },
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-77"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.