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Critical
CVE-2017-18206
In utils.c in zsh before 5.4, symlink expansion had a...
Vulnerability Description
In utils.c in zsh before 5.4, symlink expansion had a buffer overflow.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3593-1/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-10
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1932
- https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/c7a9cf465dd620ef48d586026944d9bd7a0d5d6d
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00000.html
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
zsh, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 27th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.