UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6902

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6902
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6902.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6902
Upstream
Published
2017-04-24T19:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:52Z
Severity
  • 9.9 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

lshell 0.9.16 allows remote authenticated users to break out of a limited shell and execute arbitrary commands.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / lshell

Package

Name
lshell
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lshell@0.9.17-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.17-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.9.17-1",
            "binary_name": "lshell"
        }
    ]
}