Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61726
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:216 (emacs)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to emacs announced via advisory MDVSA-2008:216. A vulnerability was found in how Emacs would import python scripts from the current working directory during the editing of a python file. This could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code via a trojan python file (CVE-2008-3949). Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2008:216 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.2
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3949 BugTraq ID: 31052 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31052 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:216 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-09/msg00215.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 http://secunia.com/advisories/34004 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:018 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html XForce ISS Database: emacs-python-code-execution(45021) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45021
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