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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-1083: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-1083: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/26/2018
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

Description

Zsh before version 5.4.2-test-1 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the shell autocomplete functionality. A local unprivileged user can create a specially crafted directory path which leads to code execution in the context of the user who tries to use autocomplete to traverse the before mentioned path. If the user affected is privileged, this leads to privilege escalation.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-zsh

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