SB2019080707 - Red Hat update for zsh



SB2019080707 - Red Hat update for zsh

Published: August 7, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019080707
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Authorization bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-13259)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute a program without proper authorization on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper truncating of shebang (#!) lines that exceed 64 characters. A local attacker can access the shell and submit a shebang line longer than 64 characters, cause the software to make an execve() call to a program name that is a substring of the intended one and execute a program without proper authorization on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.