RHSA-2020:3803 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for bash is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The bash packages provide Bash (Bourne-again shell), which is the default shell for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Security Fix(es):

• bash: BASH_CMD is writable in restricted bash shells (CVE-2019-9924)

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1691774 - CVE-2019-9924 bash: BASH_CMD is writable in restricted bash shells

CVEs

• CVE-2019-9924

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate