Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A vulnerability in emacs was found where an attacker could provide a group of files containing local variable definitions and arbitrary Lisp code to be executed when one of the provided files is opened by emacs (CVE-2008-2142).
The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected
emacs on Mandriva Linux 2007.1,
Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2008.0,
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2008.1,
Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-2142 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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