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<glsa id="200512-15">
<title>rssh: Privilege escalation</title>
<synopsis>
Local users could gain root privileges by chrooting into arbitrary
directories.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">rssh</product>
<announced>December 27, 2005</announced>
<revised>December 27, 2005: 01</revised>
<bug>115082</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="app-shells/rssh" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.3.0</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.3.0</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
rssh is a restricted shell, allowing only a few commands like scp
or sftp. It is often used as a complement to OpenSSH to provide limited
access to users.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Max Vozeler discovered that the rssh_chroot_helper command allows
local users to chroot into arbitrary directories.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>
A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain root
privileges by chrooting into arbitrary directories.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All rssh users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-shells/rssh-2.3.0&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3345">CVE-2005-3345</uri>
<uri link="http://www.pizzashack.org/rssh/security.shtml">rssh security announcement</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:25:35 +0000">
koon
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 25 Dec 2005 13:06:13 +0000">
DerCorny
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:28:20 +0000">
DerCorny
</metadata>
</glsa>