Buffer Overflow Affecting zsh-html package, versions <0:5.0.2-31.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ZSHHTML-4799747
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Jan 2014

Introduced: 20 Jan 2014

CVE-2014-10072  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 zsh-html to version 0:5.0.2-31.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3073.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream zsh-html package and not the zsh-html package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.