OS Command Injection Affecting bash-doc package, versions <0:4.2.45-5.el7_0.2


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Attacked
EPSS
100% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-BASHDOC-4973792
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Sept 2014

Introduced: 24 Sep 2014

CVE-2014-6271  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 bash-doc to version 0:4.2.45-5.el7_0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:1293.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from Bash execution, aka "ShellShock." NOTE: the original fix for this issue was incorrect; CVE-2014-7169 has been assigned to cover the vulnerability that is still present after the incorrect fix.

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