UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18206

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18206
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18206.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18206
Related
Published
2018-02-27T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:30Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In utils.c in zsh before 5.4, symlink expansion had a buffer overflow.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / zsh

Package

Name
zsh
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/zsh@5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.1.1-1ubuntu1
5.1.1-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "zsh",
            "binary_version": "5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zsh-common",
            "binary_version": "5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zsh-dbg",
            "binary_version": "5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zsh-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zsh-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zsh-doc",
            "binary_version": "5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zsh-static",
            "binary_version": "5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "zsh-static-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ]
}