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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2021-45444: zsh security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2021-45444: zsh security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/14/2022
Created
04/27/2022
Added
04/26/2022
Modified
04/26/2022

Description

In zsh before 5.8.1, an attacker can achieve code execution if they control a command output inside the prompt, as demonstrated by a %F argument. This occurs because of recursive PROMPT_SUBST expansion.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-zsh

References

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