PT-2018-6734
CVE-2017-18205
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Published
2017-09-04
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Updated
2022-03-14
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.1
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:
zsh versions prior to 5.4
Description:
The issue occurs in sh compatibility mode when processing the cd command without an argument if the HOME variable is not set, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference.
Recommendations:
For versions prior to 5.4, update to version 5.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider setting the HOME variable before using the cd command in sh compatibility mode.
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