CVE-2016-0634
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.7%
Description
The expansion of '\h' in the prompt string in bash 4.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters placed in 'hostname' of a machine.
How to fix CVE-2016-0634
To remediate CVE-2016-0634, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/bash—upgrade to 4.4.12-r1 or later
- Debian/bash—upgrade to 4.4-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-0634 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.4.12-r1
- from 0, < 4.4-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |