GNU bug report logs - #59544
[PATCH] Fixed lib-src/etags.c command execute vulnerability

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "lux" <lx <at> shellcodes.org>

Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 15:28:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch, security

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 59544 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "lux" <lx <at> shellcodes.org>
To: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 "Stefan Kangas" <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 59544 <59544 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#59544: [PATCH] Fixed lib-src/etags.c command execute
 vulnerability
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 11:45:37 +0800

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&gt; That's a possibility, yes.&nbsp; Although I doubt that people are still using
&gt; ctags that comes with Emacs (this code fragment runs only in ctags, not in
&gt; etags).


Rewriting is a good solution, but there are three places in etags.c that use the system() function.
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