SB2014050201 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Jichensheng Fish
Published: May 2, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014050201
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2905)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
fish (aka fish-shell) 1.16.0 before 2.1.1 does not properly check the credentials, which allows local users to gain privileges via the universal variable socket, related to /tmp/fishd.socket.user permissions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.