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Bug 1549862 - (CVE-2017-18205) CVE-2017-18205 zsh: NULL dereference in cd in sh compatibility mode under given circumstances
CVE-2017-18205 zsh: NULL dereference in cd in sh compatibility mode under giv...
Status: NEW
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
unspecified
All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20170613,reported=2...
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Depends On: 1570881 1570882
Blocks: 1549839
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Reported: 2018-02-27 17:36 EST by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2018-10-30 03:30 EDT (History)
5 users (show)

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Fixed In Version: zsh 5.4
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A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the code responsible for the cd builtin command of the zsh package. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service by crashing the user shell.
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Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:3073 None None None 2018-10-30 03:30 EDT

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Description Laura Pardo 2018-02-27 17:36:40 EST
A flaw was found in zsh prior 5.3.1. There is a vulnerability when in sh compatibility mode if HOME was not set
and cd was used with no argument.


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https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/eb783754bdb74377f3cea4ceca9c23a02ea1bf58
Comment 1 Kamil Dudka 2018-03-06 09:08:24 EST
(In reply to Laura Pardo from comment #0)
> A flaw was found in zsh prior 5.3.1.

The commit you refer to landed (217 commits) _after_ the 5.3.1 release.
Comment 2 Kamil Dudka 2018-03-06 10:47:00 EST
fixed in zsh-5.3.1-7.fc26
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 03:30:18 EDT
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:3073 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073

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