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Red Hat: CVE-2018-1071: Moderate: zsh security and bug fix update (RHSA-2018:3073)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-1071: Moderate: zsh security and bug fix update (RHSA-2018:3073)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/09/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/31/2018
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

zsh through version 5.4.2 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in the exec.c:hashcmd() function. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-zsh
  • redhat-upgrade-zsh-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-zsh-html

References

  • 103359
  • CVE-2018-1071
  • RHSA-2018:3073

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