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HistoryJan 13, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

FreeBSD : emacs -- arbitary shell command execution vulnerability of ctags (76e2fcce-92d2-11ed-a635-080027f5fec9)

2023-01-1300:00:00
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freebsd
emacs
arbitrary command execution
vulnerability
ctags
shell metacharacters
cve-2022-45939
nessus scanner

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

39.5%

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 76e2fcce-92d2-11ed-a635-080027f5fec9 advisory.

  • GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function in its implementation of the ctags program. For example, a victim may use the ctags * command (suggested in the ctags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input.
    (CVE-2022-45939)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

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  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-45939");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : emacs -- arbitary shell command execution vulnerability of ctags (76e2fcce-92d2-11ed-a635-080027f5fec9)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the 76e2fcce-92d2-11ed-a635-080027f5fec9 advisory.

  - GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a
    source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function in its implementation of the
    ctags program. For example, a victim may use the ctags * command (suggested in the ctags documentation)
    in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input.
    (CVE-2022-45939)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-45939");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/11/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/01/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/01/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-canna");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-devel-nox");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-nox");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
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  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
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include("freebsd_package.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


var flag = 0;

var packages = [
    'emacs-canna<28.2_2,3',
    'emacs-devel-nox<30.0.50.202211128,2',
    'emacs-devel<30.0.50.202211128,2',
    'emacs-nox<28.2_2,3',
    'emacs<28.2_2,3'
];

foreach var package( packages ) {
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg: package)) flag++;
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : pkg_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
freebsdfreebsdemacsp-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs
freebsdfreebsdemacs-cannap-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-canna
freebsdfreebsdemacs-develp-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-devel
freebsdfreebsdemacs-devel-noxp-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-devel-nox
freebsdfreebsdemacs-noxp-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:emacs-nox
freebsdfreebsdcpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd