Re: CVE-2023-28617 (was Re: [PATCH] Fix ob-latex.el command injection vulnerability.)

[Ihor Radchenko]

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

>> But this patch literally fixed the problem. What else should we do?
>
> Do you really think that it was the last unsafe shell command in the Org 
> code?

No, but I prefer concrete examples. The CVE you linked to refers to
an already fixed bug.

> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/tree/lisp/ob-ditaa.el#n101
> and (shell-command pdf-cmd) below

The only unsafe part there is `java' that is taken from :java header
argument. I am unsure how to fix this issue without feature regression.

> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/tree/lisp/ob-lilypond.el#n194

May you provide a patch?

>>> I suppose, the issue has been received too much attention already:
>>>
>>> - https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-28617
>>> - https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6003-1
>>> - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2023-28617
>> 
>> These appear to be different issues.
>
> Linux distributions had to react to the CVE with formally high score and 
> updated Emacs packages applying 2 tiny patches from this thread.

Sure, but I have applied both the patches onto bugfix. That's why I
asked you what else we should do.

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