CVE-2008-1845

NameCVE-2008-1845
DescriptionThe Korn shell (aka mksh) before R33d on MirOS (aka MirBSD) does not flush the tty's I/O when invoking mksh in a new terminal, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening a virtual terminal and entering command sequences, which might later be executed in opportunistic circumstances by a different user who launches mksh and specifies that terminal with the -T option.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mksh (PTS)buster57-1fixed
bullseye59c-9fixed
bookworm59c-28fixed
sid, trixie59c-37fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mkshsourceetch28.0-3
mkshsource(unstable)33.4-1low

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