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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.883185
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS: Security Advisory for ksh (CESA-2020:0515)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'ksh'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2020:0515 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'ksh'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2020:0515 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
KornShell (ksh) is a Unix shell developed by AT&T Bell Laboratories, which
is backward-compatible with the Bourne shell (sh) and includes many
features of the C shell. The most recent version is KSH-93. KornShell
complies with the POSIX.2 standard (IEEE Std 1003.2-1992).

Security Fix(es):

* ksh: certain environment variables interpreted as arithmetic expressions
on startup, leading to code injection (CVE-2019-14868)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected Software/OS:
'ksh' package(s) on CentOS 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.2

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-14868
20200529 APPLE-SA-2020-05-26-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.5, Security Update 2020-003 Mojave, Security Update 2020-003 High Sierra
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/53
[debian-lts-announce] 20200720 [SECURITY] [DLA 2284-1] ksh security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00015.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14868
https://github.com/att/ast/commit/c7de8b641266bac7c77942239ac659edfee9ecd2
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170
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