MGASA-2021-0141

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    MGASA-2021-0141

    Published: 17 Mar 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-14868

    Summary: Updated ksh packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A flaw was found in the way ksh 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 (CVE-2019-14868).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0141.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26213, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/N4R57SLEOTTXFWOLPTVVS2AOZ35FZEJR/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ksh

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ksh?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2020.0.0.81.git8052490-0.1.1.mga7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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