GLSA-202007-29 : rssh: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 138952

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202007-29 (rssh: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rssh. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

Gentoo has discontinued support for rssh. We recommend that users unmerge rssh:
# emerge --unmerge 'app-shells/rssh' NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining rssh have discontinued support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer will update rssh at a later date. OpenSSH (net-misc/openssh) may be able to provide similar functionality using its extensive configuration.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 138952

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202007-29.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 7/27/2020

Updated: 2/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3464

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:rssh, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1000018, CVE-2019-3463, CVE-2019-3464

GLSA: 202007-29

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