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Debian DSA-5078-1: Zsh Moderate Security Issue with Recursive Expansion

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Calendar Grey February 16, 2022
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The Debian Security Announcement DSA-5079-1 pertains to a vulnerability in curl that enables potential code execution via crafted input.
It was discovered that zsh, a powerful shell and scripting language, did not prevent recursive prompt expansion

Summary

For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed
in version 5.7.1-1+deb10u1.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.8-6+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your zsh packages.

For the detailed security status of zsh please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/zsh

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: zsh
CVE ID: CVE-2021-45444

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