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From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] emacs (SSA:2012-228-02)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:32:59 -0700 (PDT)
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[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


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