OS Command Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package bash  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-BASH-667803
  • published28 Aug 2017
  • disclosed28 Aug 2017

Introduced: 28 Aug 2017

CVE-2016-0634  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bash package and not the bash package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The expansion of '\h' in the prompt string in bash 4.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters placed in 'hostname' of a machine.