-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] emacs (SSA:2012-228-02) New emacs packages are available for Slackware 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/emacs-23.3-i486-2_slack13.37.txz: Rebuilt. Patched to fix a security flaw in the file-local variables code. When the Emacs user option `enable-local-variables' is set to `:safe' (the default value is t), Emacs should automatically refuse to evaluate `eval' forms in file-local variable sections. Due to the bug, Emacs instead automatically evaluates such `eval' forms. Thus, if the user changes the value of `enable-local-variables' to `:safe', visiting a malicious file can cause automatic execution of arbitrary Emacs Lisp code with the permissions of the user. Bug discovered by Paul Ling. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3479 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/emacs-23.2-i486-2_slack13.1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/emacs-23.2-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz Updated package for Slackware 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/emacs-23.3-i486-2_slack13.37.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/emacs-23.3-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/e/emacs-24.1-i486-6.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/e/emacs-24.1-x86_64-6.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 13.1 package: 3fc088a80cee2997e5d2a2623c7a6fad emacs-23.2-i486-2_slack13.1.txz Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 648a8d3ba5dc27c72db682c6df11f2b9 emacs-23.2-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz Slackware 13.37 package: 6a1687460997d6bf783b84d4f0e28bf0 emacs-23.3-i486-2_slack13.37.txz Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: e9666c12921b5a2a2a18a6dac4a47cd0 emacs-23.3-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz Slackware -current package: a10860f88686b2e5d162cde4c5a7bd35 e/emacs-24.1-i486-6.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: b2dbf220f1ea9a38538e468a0b576d4c e/emacs-24.1-x86_64-6.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg emacs-23.3-i486-2_slack13.37.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlAsc3gACgkQakRjwEAQIjOdKQCff3kf7zTLg3M70LanliLvTOO4 M9YAoI8JelVRwHUfybTbaVT3iWRY6eUR =Mn/6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----