CVE-2016-7543

8.4HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Bash
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 January 2017

Summary

Bash before 4.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via crafted SHELLOPTS and PS4 environment variables.

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0725.html
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1931
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.4
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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