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USN-3294-1: Bash vulnerabilities

USN-3294-1: Bash vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 14.04

Description

Bernd Dietzel discovered that Bash incorrectly expanded the hostname when displaying the prompt. If a remote attacker were able to modify a hostname, this flaw could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-0634)

It was discovered that Bash incorrectly handled the SHELLOPTS and PS4 environment variables. A local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7543)

It was discovered that Bash incorrectly handled the popd command. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass restricted shells. (CVE-2016-9401)

It was discovered that Bash incorrectly handled path autocompletion. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.04. (CVE-2017-5932)

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

  • Cloud Foundry BOSH stemcells are vulnerable, including:
    • 3263.x versions prior to 3263.26
    • 3312.x versions prior to 3312.26
    • 3363.x versions prior to 3363.24
    • All other stemcells not listed.
  • All versions of Cloud Foundry cflinuxfs2 prior to 1.122.0

Mitigation

OSS users are strongly encouraged to follow one of the mitigations below:

  • The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following BOSH stemcells:
    • Upgrade 3263.x versions to 3263.26 or later
    • Upgrade 3312.x versions to 3312.26 or later
    • Upgrade 3363.x versions to 3363.24 or later
    • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version.
  • The Cloud Foundry project recommends that Cloud Foundry deployments run with cflinuxfs2 version 1.122.0 or later.

References

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