Access Restriction Bypass Affecting fish package, versions <2.1.1-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-FISH-300358
  • published2 May 2014
  • disclosed2 May 2014

Introduced: 2 May 2014

CVE-2014-2905  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 fish to version 2.1.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fish package and not the fish package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

fish (aka fish-shell) 1.16.0 before 2.1.1 does not properly check the credentials, which allows local users to gain privileges via the universal variable socket, related to /tmp/fishd.socket.user permissions.

CVSS Scores

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