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Ubuntu: USN-3593-1 (CVE-2017-18206): Zsh vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3593-1 (CVE-2017-18206): Zsh vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/27/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/25/2018
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

In utils.c in zsh before 5.4, symlink expansion had a buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-zsh

References

  • USN-3593-1
  • CVE-2017-18206

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