SB2016111701 - Denial of service in SourceForge zsh
Published: November 17, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016111701
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Off-by-one error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10714)
The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to an off-by-one error. A local attacker can use undersized buffers for PATH_MAX characters and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.