CVE-2014-7187
HIGHEPSS 99th pctlDescription
Off-by-one error in the read_token_word function in parse.y in GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via deeply nested for loops, aka the "word_lineno" issue.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN55667175/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000126
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00042.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00048.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00025.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141330468527613&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141345648114150&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383026420882&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383081521087&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383138121313&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383196021590&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383244821813&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141383304022067&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141450491804793&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141576728022234&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141577137423233&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141577241923505&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141577297623641&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141585637922673&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141694386919794&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141879528318582&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142118135300698&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142289270617409&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142358026505815&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142358078406056&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142721162228379&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/32
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/26/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/28/10
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128517/VMware-Security-Advisory-2014-0010.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128567/CA-Technologies-GNU-Bash-Shellshock.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1311.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1312.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1354.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58200
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59907
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60024
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60034
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60044
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60055
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60063
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60193
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60433
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