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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200410-28.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200410-28">
<title>rssh: Format string vulnerability</title>
<synopsis>
rssh is vulnerable to a format string vulnerability that allows arbitrary
execution of code with the rights of the connected user, thereby bypassing
rssh restrictions.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">rssh</product>
<announced>October 27, 2004</announced>
<revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
<bug>66988</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="app-shells/rssh" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.2.2</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.2.2</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>
Florian Schilhabel from the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team found a
format string vulnerability in rssh syslogging of failed commands.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>
Using a malicious command, it may be possible for a remote
authenticated user to execute arbitrary code on the target machine with
user rights, effectively bypassing any restriction of rssh.
</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-2.2.2&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://www.pizzashack.org/rssh/security.shtml">rssh security announcement</uri>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1628">CVE-2004-1628</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:31:44 +0000">
koon
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:31:54 +0000">
koon
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:24:10 +0000">
koon
</metadata>
</glsa>