UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18206

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18206

    Published: 27 Feb 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-18206
    Aliases:
    USN-3593-1

    Summary:

    Details: In utils.c in zsh before 5.4, symlink expansion had a buffer overflow.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18206, https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/c7a9cf465dd620ef48d586026944d9bd7a0d5d6d, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3593-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18206

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: zsh

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1

    Affected versions

    5.1.1-1ubuntu1
    5.1.1-1ubuntu2

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High