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HistoryAug 01, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

Bash vulnerability

2017-08-0100:00:00
ubuntu.com
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8.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

50.9%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

  • bash - GNU Bourne Again SHell

Details

USN-3294-1 fixed a vulnerability in Bash. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Bash incorrectly handled the SHELLOPTS and PS4
environment variables. A local attacker could use this issue to execute
arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2016-7543)

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu12.04noarchbash< 4.2-2ubuntu2.7UNKNOWN