[Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#894043: zsh: CVE-2018-1083

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: zsh
Version: 5.4.2-3
Severity: normal
Tags: patch security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for zsh, filling a bug in
the BTS to keep track of the Debian fix. No DSA is IMHO warranted for
the zsh CVEs currently known.

CVE-2018-1083[0]:
|check bounds on PATH_MAX-sized buffer used for file completion
|candidates

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1083
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1083
[1] https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/259ac472eac291c8c103c7a0d8a4eaf3c2942ed7

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore