Improper Check for Dropped Privileges Affecting bash package, versions <5.1~rc1-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.18% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-BASH-1541822
  • published28 Nov 2019
  • disclosed28 Nov 2019

Introduced: 28 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-18276  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-273  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 bash to version 5.1~rc1-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bash package and not the bash package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in disable_priv_mode in shell.c in GNU Bash through 5.0 patch 11. By default, if Bash is run with its effective UID not equal to its real UID, it will drop privileges by setting its effective UID to its real UID. However, it does so incorrectly. On Linux and other systems that support "saved UID" functionality, the saved UID is not dropped. An attacker with command execution in the shell can use "enable -f" for runtime loading of a new builtin, which can be a shared object that calls setuid() and therefore regains privileges. However, binaries running with an effective UID of 0 are unaffected.

CVSS Scores

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