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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-0634: Vulnerability in Bash

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-0634: Vulnerability in Bash

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/29/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

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(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-shell-bash-4-4-11-0-175-3-17-0-4-0

References

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