Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20200515
Revision Date:2020-02-17Version:635
Title:RHSA-2020:0515: ksh security update (Important)
Description:KornShell (ksh) is a Unix shell developed by AT&T Bell Laboratories, which is backward-compatible with the Bourne shell (sh) and includes many features of the C shell. The most recent version is KSH-93. KornShell complies with the POSIX.2 standard (IEEE Std 1003.2-1992).

Security Fix(es):

  • ksh: certain environment variables interpreted as arithmetic expressions on startup, leading to code injection (CVE-2019-14868)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-14868
    RHSA-2020:0515
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
  • AND ksh is earlier than 0:20120801-38.el6_10
  • AND ksh is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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