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CVE-2017-18206 Details

Description

In utils.c in zsh before 5.4, symlink expansion had a buffer overflow.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1932 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00000.html CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-10 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/c7a9cf465dd620ef48d586026944d9bd7a0d5d6d CVEPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
zsh zsh
< 5.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:zsh:zsh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
14.04
16.04
17.10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-18206
NVD Published Date:
Feb 27, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-18206 Details - Not Deferred