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SUSE: CVE-2018-1071: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-1071: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/09/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/26/2018
Modified
03/15/2022

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)

  • suse-upgrade-zsh
  • suse-upgrade-zsh-htmldoc

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