Interpretation Conflict in fish-shell - CVE-2023-49284

 

Interpretation Conflict in fish-shell - CVE-2023-49284

Published: December 5, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU83864
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49284
CWE-ID: CWE-436
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to command substitution output can trigger shell expansion. A local user can gain access to sensitive information or cause unexpected behavior.


Affected software

fish-shell
Fedora
openEuler
Anolis OS
fish
fish-debugsource
fish-debuginfo
fish-doc

How to mitigate CVE-2023-49284

Install updates from vendor's website.

fish-shell - update to 3.6.2
fish - addressed in versions 3.3.1-3, 3.3.1-5, 3.3.1-6
fish-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.3.1-3, 3.3.1-5, 3.3.1-6
fish-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.3.1-3, 3.3.1-5, 3.3.1-6
fish - update to 3.6.0-3
fish-doc - update to 3.6.0-3
fish - update to 3.7.1-2.el9

External References

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