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GLSA-201903-02 : Zsh: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

critical Nessus Plugin ID 122730

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201903-02 (Zsh: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code)

 Two input validation errors have been discovered in how Zsh parses scripts:
 Parsing a malformed shebang line could cause Zsh to call a program listed in the second line (CVE-2018-0502) Shebang lines longer than 64 characters are truncated (CVE-2018-13259) Impact :

 An attacker could entice a user to execute a specially crafted script using Zsh, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Zsh users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-shells/zsh-5.6'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 122730

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201903-02.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 3/11/2019

Updated: 2/5/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:zsh, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0502, CVE-2018-13259

GLSA: 201903-02