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Oracle Linux 7 : zsh (ELSA-2018-3073)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 118769

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-3073 advisory.

 - fix defects detected by Coverity related to CVE-2017-18206 and CVE-2018-1083
 - fix stack-based buffer overflow in utils.c:checkmailpath() (CVE-2018-1100)
 - fix stack-based buffer overflow in gen_matches_files() (CVE-2018-1083)
 - fix stack-based buffer overflow in exec.c:hashcmd() (CVE-2018-1071)
 - avoid crash when copying empty hash table (CVE-2018-7549)
 - fix buffer overrun in xsymlinks (CVE-2017-18206)
 - fix NULL dereference in cd (CVE-2017-18205)
 - fix buffer overflow when scanning very long path for symlinks (CVE-2014-10072)
 - fix buffer overflow for very long fds in >& fd syntax (CVE-2014-10071)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected zsh and / or zsh-html packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-3073.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 118769

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-3073.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2018

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18206

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:zsh, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:zsh-html

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-10071, CVE-2014-10072, CVE-2017-18205, CVE-2017-18206, CVE-2018-1071, CVE-2018-1083, CVE-2018-1100, CVE-2018-7549

RHSA: 2018:3073