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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202003-55
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Severity: Normal
Title: Zsh: Privilege escalation
Date: March 25, 2020
Bugs: #711136
ID: 202003-55

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in Zsh might allow an attacker to escalate privileges.

Background
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A shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful
scripting language.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-shells/zsh < 5.8 >= 5.8

Description
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It was discovered that Zsh was insecure dropping privileges when
unsetting PRIVILEGED option.

Impact
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An attacker could escalate privileges.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Zsh users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=app-shells/zsh-5.8”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2019-20044
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20044

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-55

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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