CVE-2017-18205

Public on 2018-02-27
Modified on 2018-12-07
Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the code responsible for the cd builtin command of the zsh package. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service by crashing the user shell.
Severity
Low severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
2.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 zsh 2018-12-06 ALAS-2018-1107 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core zsh 2018-04-05 ALAS2-2018-986 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 2.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2017-18205 Mitre: CVE-2017-18205