vulnerability
Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2019-20044: Vulnerability in Zsh
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 24, 2020 | Jan 19, 2021 | Feb 17, 2022 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 24, 2020
Added
Jan 19, 2021
Modified
Feb 17, 2022
Description
In Zsh before 5.8, attackers able to execute commands can regain privileges dropped by the --no-PRIVILEGED option. Zsh fails to overwrite the saved uid, so the original privileges can be restored by executing MODULE_PATH=/dir/with/module zmodload with a module that calls setuid().
Solution
oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-shell-zsh-5-8-11-4-24-0-1-75-1
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