CVE-2017-18206

NameCVE-2017-18206
DescriptionIn utils.c in zsh before 5.4, symlink expansion had a buffer overflow.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1304-1, DLA-2470-1, ELA-316-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
zsh (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)5.0.7-5+deb8u4fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch5.3.1-4+deb9u5fixed
buster, buster (security)5.7.1-1+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye5.8-6+deb11u1fixed
bookworm5.9-4fixed
sid, trixie5.9-6fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
zshsourcewheezy4.3.17-1+deb7u1DLA-1304-1
zshsourcejessie5.0.7-5+deb8u2ELA-316-1
zshsourcestretch5.3.1-4+deb9u1DLA-2470-1
zshsource(unstable)5.4.1-1

Notes

[jessie] - zsh <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/c7a9cf465dd620ef48d586026944d9bd7a0d5d6d

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