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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+
+<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>