MGASA-2021-0288

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    MGASA-2021-0288

    Published: 28 Jun 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-18276

    Summary: Updated bash packages fix a security vulnerability

    Details: A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in bash in the way it dropped privileges when started with an effective user id not equal to the real user id. Bash may be vulnerable to this flaw if the setuid permission is set and the owner of the bash program itself is a non-root user. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system (CVE-2019-18276).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0288.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28937, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1679

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bash

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4-23.1.2.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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