CVE-2019-14868

High

Description

In ksh version 20120801, a flaw was found in the way it evaluates certain environment variables. An attacker could use this flaw to override or bypass environment restrictions to execute shell commands. Services and applications that allow remote unauthenticated attackers to provide one of those environment variables could allow them to exploit this issue remotely.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.4
Exploit probability—
ProductKsh
PublishedApr 2, 2020
First seenApr 2, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • apple mac_os_x10.15.5 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ksh_project ksh20120801—
debian debian_linux9.0—
apple mac_os_xv < 10.15.510.15.5

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