[OS X Emacs] Security: Gnus & GNU Emacs 25.2 enriched text remote code execution

David Reitter david.reitter at gmail.com
Sun Sep 17 16:45:23 EDT 2017


I merged Emacs 25.3 with Aquamacs earlier today, so the next nightly build will contain this fix.


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> On Sep 16, 2017, at 1:56 PM, Clemens Schüller <c.schueller at mailbox.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello David!
> 
> Short question:
> 
> Is this bug fixed in the nightlies of Aquamacs?
> 
> 
> Best Regards, Clemens Schüller
> 
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> Emacs 25.3 is an emergency release to fix a security vulnerability
> that is exploitable remotely in Emacs-based mail clients (such as
> Gnus).
> 
> Please update to Emacs 25.3 as soon as possible:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2017-09/msg00000.html
> 
> To work around the bug in Emacs versions before 25.3, put the
> following code in your personal or site-wide Emacs init file
> (~/.emacs, ~/emacs.d/init.el, site-start.el):
> 
>  (eval-after-load "enriched"
>    '(defun enriched-decode-display-prop (start end &optional param)
>       (list start end)))
> 
> See also <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/11/1>.
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