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Alpine: android-tools-zsh-completion, bzr-zsh-completion, composer-zsh-completion, imagemagick-zsh-completion, lynx-zsh-completion, multiple gcc-zsh-completion packages, postgresql-zsh-completion, rsync-zsh-completion, subversion-zsh-completion, tmux-zsh-completion, zfs-zsh-completion: security update to 5.8-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424738

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In Zsh before 5.8, attackers able to execute commands can regain privileges dropped by the --no-PRIVILEGED
 option. Zsh fails to overwrite the saved uid, so the original privileges can be restored by executing
 MODULE_PATH=/dir/with/module zmodload with a module that calls setuid(). (CVE-2019-20044)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-20044

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424738

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20044

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20044