RHSA-2020:0559

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2020-02-20 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 11:06
Summary
security update for ksh
Severity
Important
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for ksh
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2020:0559. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0559.
Patchnames: RHSA-2020:0559
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2019-14868
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:ksh-0:20120801-253.el8_1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
References
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