FS#58196 - [zsh]: CVE-2018-1100: buffer overflow in utils.c:checkmailpath() can lead to local arbitrary code ex

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Karol Babioch (kbabioch) - Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 07:38 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 14:30 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Security
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

zsh through version 5.4.2 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in the utils.c:checkmailpath function. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code in the context of another user.

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1563395
https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/31f72205630687c1cef89347863aab355296a27f/
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 14:30 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  5.5 was updated in the repos 2 days ago

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