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CVE-2009-0854

Publication date 11 March 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Untrusted search path vulnerability in dash 0.5.4, when used as a login shell, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse .profile file in the current working directory.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
dash	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 0.5.4-9ubuntu1.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 0.5.4-8ubuntu1.1
	7.10 gutsy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not affected

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Notes

jdstrand

Ubuntu specific patch to implement -l

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-732-1
dash vulnerability
10 March 2009

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0854