Out-of-Bounds Affecting bash-doc package, versions <0:4.1.2-15.el6_5.2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
97.05% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-BASHDOC-2482965
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Sept 2014

Introduced: 28 Sep 2014

CVE-2014-7187  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 bash-doc to version 0:4.1.2-15.el6_5.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-1306.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bash-doc package and not the bash-doc package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Off-by-one error in the read_token_word function in parse.y in GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via deeply nested for loops, aka the "word_lineno" issue.

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