PT-2017-10117 · Gnu+5 · Bash+5

Fernando Muñoz · Published 2017-01-06 · Updated 2025-08-06 · CVE-2016-9401

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions bash (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to bypass the restricted shell and cause a use-after-free via a crafted address, potentially related to the popd command in bash. There is no information provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or details about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2880

CESA-2017_0725

CESA-2017_1931

CVE-2016-9401

DLA-1726-1

MGASA-2017-0005

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10106-1

RHSA-2017:0725

RHSA-2017:1931

RHSA-2017_0725

RHSA-2017_1931

SUSE-SU-2017:1317-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1337-1

SUSE-SU-2017_1317-1

SUSE-SU-2017_1337-1

USN-3294-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Bash

References · 43

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9401 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9401 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0725.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-02 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9401 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9401 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0005 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5932 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1337-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1317-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2016-9401 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0634 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9401 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7543 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3294-1 · Vendor Advisory