Upstream information

CVE-2019-14868 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.4 7
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity High High
Privileges Required None Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1160796 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • ksh >= 20120801-140.el7_7
Patchnames:
RHSA-2020:0568
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • ksh >= 20120801-253.el8_1
Patchnames:
RHSA-2020:0559


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 12 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 ksh Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 ksh Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 ksh Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Jan 13 16:38:13 2020
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 30 18:02:04 2023