high7.4
CVE-2019-14868
In ksh version 20120801, a flaw was found in the way it evaluates certain environment variables.
Impact
In ksh version 20120801, a flaw was found in the way it evaluates certain environment variables. An attacker could use this flaw to override or bypass environment restrictions to execute shell commands. Services and applications that allow remote unauthenticated attackers to provide one of those environment variables could allow them to exploit this issue remotely.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ksh Project | Ksh | Version 20120801 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 9.0 |
| Apple | Mac Os X | before 10.15.5 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/53
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14868
- https://github.com/att/ast/commit/c7de8b641266bac7c77942239ac659edfee9ecd2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00015.html
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/53
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14868
- https://github.com/att/ast/commit/c7de8b641266bac7c77942239ac659edfee9ecd2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00015.html
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170