CVE-2019-20044: High severity macos catalina vulnerability

Published Feb 24, 2020
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Updated

zsh. An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.

Other sources

In Zsh before 5.8, attackers able to execute commands can regain privileges dropped by the --no-PRIVILEGED option. Zsh fails to overwrite the saved uid, so the original privileges can be restored by executing MODULEPATH=/dir/with/module zmodload with a module that calls setuid().

Credit

Sam Foxman

Affected Software

39 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Catalina<10.15.5
10.15.5
Apple Mojave
Apple High Sierra
Zsh zsh<5.8
Apple macOS
Linux Linux kernel
Fedoraproject Fedora=30
Fedoraproject Fedora=31
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
Apple iPadOS<13.5
Apple iPhone OS<13.5
Apple iOS and macOS<10.15.5
Apple iOS and macOS>=10.13.0<10.13.6
Apple iOS and macOS>=10.14.0<10.14.6
Apple iOS and macOS>=10.15<10.15.5
Apple iOS and macOS=10.13.6
Apple iOS and macOS=10.13.6-security_update_2018-002
Apple iOS and macOS=10.13.6-security_update_2018-003
Apple iOS and macOS=10.13.6-security_update_2019-001
Apple iOS and macOS=10.13.6-security_update_2019-002
Apple iOS and macOS=10.13.6-security_update_2019-003
Apple iOS and macOS=10.13.6-security_update_2019-004
Apple iOS and macOS=10.13.6-security_update_2019-005
Apple iOS and macOS=10.13.6-security_update_2019-006
Apple iOS and macOS=10.13.6-security_update_2019-007
Apple iOS and macOS=10.13.6-security_update_2020-001
Apple iOS and macOS=10.13.6-security_update_2020-002
Apple iOS and macOS=10.14.6
Apple iOS and macOS=10.14.6-security_update_2019-001
Apple iOS and macOS=10.14.6-security_update_2019-002
Apple iOS and macOS=10.14.6-security_update_2019-004
Apple iOS and macOS=10.14.6-security_update_2019-005
Apple iOS and macOS=10.14.6-security_update_2019-006
Apple iOS and macOS=10.14.6-security_update_2019-007
Apple iOS and macOS=10.14.6-security_update_2020-001
Apple iOS and macOS=10.14.6-security_update_2020-002
Apple tvOS<13.4.5
Apple WatchOS<6.2.5

Event History

Feb 24, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:09 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:09 PM
Description

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID for this issue?

The vulnerability ID for this issue is CVE-2019-20044.

2

What is the affected software?

The affected software includes Apple macOS Catalina (up to version 10.15.5), Apple Mojave, and Apple High Sierra.

3

What was the issue addressed in zsh?

The issue addressed in zsh was an authorization issue.

4

How was the issue addressed?

The issue was addressed with improved state management.

5

Where can I find more information about this vulnerability?

More information about this vulnerability can be found at the following reference: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211170

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