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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3478
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: rssh.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
rssh
rssh
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-3478
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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