Synopsis
Important: ksh security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update for ksh is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
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.
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Affected Products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.1 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 aarch64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1757324 - CVE-2019-14868 ksh: certain environment variables interpreted as arithmetic expressions on startup, leading to code injection
CVEs
References