Out-of-Bounds Affecting zsh package, versions <5.0.6-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-ZSH-5701793
  • published27 Feb 2018
  • disclosed27 Feb 2018

Introduced: 27 Feb 2018

CVE-2014-10072  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 zsh to version 5.0.6-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream zsh package and not the zsh package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

In utils.c in zsh before 5.0.6, there is a buffer overflow when scanning very long directory paths for symbolic links.