[Secure-testing-team] Bug#844727: bash: CVE-2016-9401: popd controlled free

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: bash
Version: 4.3-11
Severity: normal
Tags: security upstream

Hi Matthias,

the following vulnerability was published for bash. It apparently has
been as well already reported to upstream, but have not found a public
report on the bug-bash mailinglist. AFAIK Chet has not addedd a patch
for this yet.

CVE-2016-9401[0]:
popd controlled free

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9401
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/17/5

Regards,
Salvatore