Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20181083000
Revision Date:2018-03-28Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-1083 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:Zsh before version 5.4.2-test-1 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the shell autocomplete functionality. A local unprivileged user can create a specially crafted directory path which leads to code execution in the context of the user who tries to use autocomplete to traverse the before mentioned path. If the user affected is privileged, this leads to privilege escalation.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-1083
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND The 'zsh' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '5.1.1-1ubuntu2.2').
  • BACK