Re: [oss-security] Re: Is CVE-2024-30203 bogus? (Emacs)

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Hi,

On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 12:04:06PM +0000, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
> 
> > Hmm, thank you, but let me ask a follow-up question: do you agree with
> > me that there is only one security flaw covered by these two CVEs, and
> > CVE-2024-30203 is the superfluous one?
> 
> Yes, CVE-2024-30203 title is superfluous.
> And CVE-2024-30204 title is not accurate - it only applies to
> certain attachments with specific (text/x-org) mime type.

Note that the CVE assignment (by MITRE as assigning CNA) for
CVE-2024-30203 is explicitly as follows:

> In Emacs before 29.3, Gnus treats inline MIME contents as trusted.

associated with:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=937b9042ad7426acdcca33e3d931d8f495bdd804

If you think the CVE assignment is not valid, then you might ask for a
REJECT on https://cveform.mitre.org/ .

Regards,
Salvatore