Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-108 - A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the zsh command interpreter. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service (zsh crash), when providing a specially-crafted string as input to the zsh shell. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for Corporate products.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:108-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : zsh
Date : December 3, 2009
Affected: 2008.0
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Problem Description:
A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the zsh command
interpreter. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of
service (zsh crash), when providing a specially-crafted string as
input to the zsh shell.
The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.
Update:
Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for
Corporate products.
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
341fdf8d837fd349186b42db36cb6b5d 2008.0/i586/zsh-4.3.4-4.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
1fe0e1d84da10a334c70a9808d4fffd7 2008.0/i586/zsh-doc-4.3.4-4.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
ca28c7f0b98d79f7f7e7e7c93b9afb2e 2008.0/SRPMS/zsh-4.3.4-4.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
65c003211e382a0059eb61ec7249bff9 2008.0/x86_64/zsh-4.3.4-4.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
e784e85b82d32d672e56050972f004c2 2008.0/x86_64/zsh-doc-4.3.4-4.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
ca28c7f0b98d79f7f7e7e7c93b9afb2e 2008.0/SRPMS/zsh-4.3.4-4.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
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