| Name | CVE-2008-2142 |
| Description | Emacs 21 and XEmacs automatically load and execute .flc (fast lock) files that are associated with other files that are edited within Emacs, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 480877, 480885, 480886 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xemacs21-packages (PTS) | buster | 2009.02.17.dfsg.2-4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2009.02.17.dfsg.2-5 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2009.02.17.dfsg.3-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2009.02.17.dfsg.3-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[etch] - xemacs21-packages <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[lenny] - xemacs21-packages <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[etch] - xemacs21 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[lenny] - xemacs21 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[etch] - emacs21 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)