CVE-2012-6711

NameCVE-2012-6711
DescriptionA heap-based buffer overflow exists in GNU Bash before 4.3 when wide characters, not supported by the current locale set in the LC_CTYPE environment variable, are printed through the echo built-in function. A local attacker, who can provide data to print through the "echo -e" built-in function, may use this flaw to crash a script or execute code with the privileges of the bash process. This occurs because ansicstr() in lib/sh/strtrans.c mishandles u32cconv().
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
bash (PTS)buster5.0-4fixed
bullseye5.1-2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm5.2.15-2fixed
sid, trixie5.2.21-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
bashsource(unstable)4.3-1

Notes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1721071
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/commit/?h=devel&id=863d31ae775d56b785dc5b0105b6d251515d81d5 (bash-4.3-alpha)

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