CVE-2016-7543

Bash before 4.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via crafted SHELLOPTS and PS4 environment variables.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.4 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-01-19

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Fedora (Fedoraproject)
• Bash (Gnu)

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0725.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/26/9
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93183
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037812
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1931
• https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05388115
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7XOQSHU63Y357NHU5FPTF…
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OU3C756YPHDAAPFX76UGZB…
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z2VRBSIPZDZ75ZQ2DLITHU…
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2016-09/msg00018.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-02