CVE-2016-0634

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-10-16

Description

The expansion of '\h' in the prompt string in bash 4.3 allows remoteauthenticated users to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters placed in 'hostname' of a machine.

See more information about CVE-2016-0634 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	3.7	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (bash)	ELSA-2017-0725	2017-03-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (bash)	ELSA-2017-1931	2017-08-07
Oracle VM version 3.3 (bash)	OVMSA-2017-0050	2017-03-29
Oracle VM version 3.4 (bash)	OVMSA-2017-0050	2017-03-29

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