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redhatRedHatRHSA-2020:0431
HistoryFeb 05, 2020 - 12:00 p.m.

(RHSA-2020:0431) Important: ksh security update

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0.002 Low

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57.3%

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.