File _patchinfo of Package patchinfo.3027
<patchinfo>
<issue id="CVE-2014-7186" tracker="cve" />
<issue id="CVE-2014-7169" tracker="cve" />
<issue id="CVE-2014-7187" tracker="cve" />
<issue id="898604" tracker="bnc" />
<issue id="898346" tracker="bnc" />
<issue id="898603" tracker="bnc" />
<category>security</category>
<rating>important</rating>
<packager>WernerFink</packager>
<description>
The command-line shell 'bash' evaluates environment variables, which
allows the injection of characters and might be used to access files on
the system in some circumstances (CVE-2014-7169).
Please note that this issue is different from a previously fixed
vulnerability tracked under CVE-2014-6271 and it is less serious due to
the special, non-default system configuration that is needed to create
an exploitable situation.
To remove further exploitation potential we now limit the
function-in-environment variable to variables prefixed with BASH_FUNC_
. This hardening feature is work in progress and might be improved in
later updates.
Additionaly two more security issues were fixed in bash:
CVE-2014-7186: Nested HERE documents could lead to a crash of bash.
CVE-2014-7187: Nesting of for loops could lead to a crash of bash.
</description>
<summary>bash: security update</summary>
</patchinfo>