SUSE: 2018:2686-1 Important: Vulnerabilities in zsh Execve Addressed
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September 11, 2018
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for zsh to version 5.6 fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2018-0502: The beginning of a #! script file was mishandled, potentially leading to an execve call to a program named on the second line (bsc#1107296). - CVE-2018-13259: 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 (bsc#1107294). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1880=1 Package List:
Topics Covered
References
#1107294 #1107296
Cross- CVE-2018-0502 CVE-2018-13259
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-0502.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-13259.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1107294
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1107296
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2686-1
Rating: important
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