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Red Hat: CVE-2022-48624: less: missing quoting of shell metacharacters in LESSCLOSE handling (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-48624: less: missing quoting of shell metacharacters in LESSCLOSE handling (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/19/2024
Created
04/04/2024
Added
04/03/2024
Modified
07/03/2024

Description

close_altfile in filename.c in less before 606 omits shell_quote calls for LESSCLOSE.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-less
  • redhat-upgrade-less-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-less-debugsource

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