CVE-2016-0634

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Aug 28, 2017
Updated: Oct 4, 2024
Reserved: Dec 9, 2015

Description

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

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

[oss-security] 20160927 Re: Re: CVE-2016-0634 -- bash prompt expanding $HOSTNAMEmailing-list
[oss-security] 20160916 CVE-2016-0634 -- bash prompt expanding $HOSTNAMEmailing-list
RHSA-2017:0725vendor-advisory
[oss-security] 20160929 Re: Re: CVE-2016-0634 -- bash prompt expanding $HOSTNAMEmailing-list
[oss-security] 20160920 Re: CVE-2016-0634 -- bash prompt expanding $HOSTNAMEmailing-list
92999vdb-entry
RHSA-2017:1931vendor-advisory
[oss-security] 20161007 Re: Re: CVE-2016-0634 -- bash prompt expanding $HOSTNAMEmailing-list
[oss-security] 20160918 Re: CVE-2016-0634 -- bash prompt expanding $HOSTNAMEmailing-list
[oss-security] 20160919 Re: CVE-2016-0634 -- bash prompt expanding $HOSTNAMEmailing-list
[oss-security] 20161010 Re: Re: CVE-2016-0634 -- bash prompt expanding $HOSTNAMEmailing-list
[oss-security] 20160916 Re: CVE-2016-0634 -- bash prompt expanding $HOSTNAMEmailing-list
GLSA-201612-39vendor-advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377613
[oss-security] 20161010 RE: Re: CVE-2016-0634 -- bash prompt expanding $HOSTNAMEmailing-list

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