CVE-2017-18206 (GCVE-0-2017-18206)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-27 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 21:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In utils.c in zsh before 5.4, symlink expansion had a buffer overflow.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3593-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-10 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1932 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/c7a9cf465dd… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2018-02-27 00:00
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