UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13259

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13259
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13259.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13259
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Published
2018-09-05T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:57Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in zsh before 5.6. Shebang lines exceeding 64 characters were truncated, potentially leading to an execve call to a program name that is a substring of the intended one.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / zsh

Package

Name
zsh
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/zsh@5.0.2-3ubuntu6.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.0.2-3ubuntu6.3

Affected versions

5.*

5.0.2-3ubuntu6
5.0.2-3ubuntu6.1
5.0.2-3ubuntu6.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.2-3ubuntu6.3",
            "binary_name": "zsh"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.2-3ubuntu6.3",
            "binary_name": "zsh-beta"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.2-3ubuntu6.3",
            "binary_name": "zsh-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.2-3ubuntu6.3",
            "binary_name": "zsh-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.2-3ubuntu6.3",
            "binary_name": "zsh-static"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / zsh

Package

Name
zsh
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/zsh@5.1.1-1ubuntu2.3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.1.1-1ubuntu2.3

Affected versions

5.*

5.1.1-1ubuntu1
5.1.1-1ubuntu2
5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1
5.1.1-1ubuntu2.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.1.1-1ubuntu2.3",
            "binary_name": "zsh"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.1.1-1ubuntu2.3",
            "binary_name": "zsh-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.1.1-1ubuntu2.3",
            "binary_name": "zsh-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.1.1-1ubuntu2.3",
            "binary_name": "zsh-static"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / zsh

Package

Name
zsh
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/zsh@5.4.2-3ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.4.2-3ubuntu3.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.2-5ubuntu1
5.4.2-3ubuntu1
5.4.2-3ubuntu2
5.4.2-3ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.2-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "zsh"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.2-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "zsh-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.2-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "zsh-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.2-3ubuntu3.1",
            "binary_name": "zsh-static"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}