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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-0634: OS Command Injection

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 28, 2017
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Jun 18, 2026

Description

The expansion of '\h' in the prompt string in bash 4.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters placed in 'hostname' of a machine.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-bash
Title
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