Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in rssh - CVE-2012-3478
Published: August 31, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43647
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3478
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
rssh 2.3.3 and earlier allows local users to bypass intended restricted shell access via crafted environment variables in the command line.
Affected software
rssh
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
rssh
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
rssh
How to mitigate CVE-2012-3478
Install update from vendor's website.
rssh - addressed in versions 2.3.4-1.el5, 2.3.4-1.el6
External References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0036.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0101.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50272
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29235647
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2530
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/10/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/11/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53430