Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in OpenSSH - CVE-2014-2532

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in OpenSSH - CVE-2014-2532

Published: March 18, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32557
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2532
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenSSH
Software vendor:
OpenSSH

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.

sshd in OpenSSH before 6.6 does not properly support wildcards on AcceptEnv lines in sshd_config, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended environment restrictions by using a substring located before a wildcard character.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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