CVE catalog
CVE-2008-1845
mksh: CVE-2008-1845
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.33% · Oct 25, 2026
The 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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mksh | sid | 59c-43 | fixed |
| Debian | mksh | forky | 59c-43 | fixed |
| Debian | mksh | trixie | 59c-41 | fixed |
| Debian | mksh | bookworm | 59c-28+deb12u1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mksh | source | sid | 33.4-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mksh | source | forky | 33.4-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mksh | source | trixie | 33.4-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | mksh | source | bookworm | 33.4-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [mksh]Fixed
Details (2)
59c-28+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
33.4-1dsa · mksh · debian · bookworm; dsa · mksh · debian · 12
59c-28+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
33.4-1dsa · mksh · debian · bookworm; dsa · mksh · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
Observed: