#36283: emacs23: CVE-2012-3479 security issue ---------------------+---------------------- Reporter: blair@… | Owner: dports@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.1.2 Keywords: | Port: emacs23 ---------------------+---------------------- There's a security issue in emacs23: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3479 lisp/files.el in Emacs 23.2, 23.3, 23.4, and 24.1 automatically executes eval forms in local-variable sections when the enable-local- variables option is set to :safe, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary Emacs Lisp code via a crafted file. The patch here applies cleanly to the source: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12155 -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/36283> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS