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HistoryMar 10, 2009 - 12:00 a.m.

dash vulnerability

2009-03-1000:00:00
ubuntu.com
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CVSS2

6.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

AI Score

6.4

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.2%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 8.10
  • Ubuntu 8.04

Packages

  • dash -

Details

Wolfgang M. Reimer discovered that dash, when invoked as a login shell, would
source .profile files from the current directory. Local users may be able to
bypass security restrictions and gain root privileges by placing specially
crafted .profile files where they might get sourced by other dash users.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu8.10noarchdash< 0.5.4-9ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchdash< 0.5.4-8ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN

CVSS2

6.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

AI Score

6.4

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.2%