SUSE-SU-2016:2872-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:2872-1

    Published: 22 Nov 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for bash

    Details: This update for bash fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-7543: Local attackers could have executed arbitrary commands via specially crafted SHELLOPTS+PS4 variables (bsc#1001299) - CVE-2016-0634: Malicious hostnames could have allowed arbitrary command execution when $HOSTNAME was expanded in the prompt (bsc#1000396) - CVE-2014-6277: More troubles with functions (bsc#898812, bsc#1001759) - CVE-2014-6278: Code execution after original 6271 fix (bsc#898884)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162872-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1000396, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1001299, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1001759, https://bugzilla.suse.com/898812, https://bugzilla.suse.com/898884, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6277, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6278, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0634, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7543

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bash

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/bash&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2-82.1

    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