CVE-2003-1232 Information

Description

Emacs 21.2.1 does not prompt or warn the user before executing Lisp code in the local variables section of a text file which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands as demonstrated using the mode-name variable.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286183 http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.bug/browse_frm/thread/9424ec1b2fdae321/c691a2da8904db0f?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rnum=1&prev=/groups3Fq3Dguninski2Bemacs26hl3Den26lr3D26ie3DUTF-826oe3DUTF-826selm3Dmailman.763.1041357806.19936.bug-gnu-emacs2540gnu.org26rnum3D1c691a2da8904db0f http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-May/005089.html http://secunia.com/advisories/17496 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:208 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15375