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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.883208
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS: Security Advisory for zsh (CESA-2020:0892)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'zsh'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2020:0892 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'zsh'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2020:0892 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The zsh shell is a command interpreter usable as an interactive login shell
and as a shell script command processor. Zsh resembles the ksh shell (the
Korn shell), but includes many enhancements. Zsh supports command-line
editing, built-in spelling correction, programmable command completion,
shell functions (with autoloading), a history mechanism, and more.

Security Fix(es):

* zsh: insecure dropping of privileges when unsetting PRIVILEGED option
(CVE-2019-20044)

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:
'zsh' 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-2019-20044
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FP64FFIZI2CKQOEAOI5A72PVQULE7ZZC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PN5V7MPHRRP7QNHOEK56S7QGRU53WUN6/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/49
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/53
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/59
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/55
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-55
http://zsh.sourceforge.net/releases.html
https://github.com/XMB5/zsh-privileged-upgrade
https://www.zsh.org/mla/zsh-announce/141
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00004.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00000.html
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