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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : rsh (MDVSA-2008:191)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36260

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability in the rcp protocol was discovered that allows a server to instruct a client to write arbitrary files outside of the current directory, which could potentially be a security concern if a user used rcp to copy files from a malicious server (CVE-2004-0175).

This issue was originally corrected in MDKSA-2005:100, but the patch had not been applied to the development tree, so released packages after that date did not have the fix applied.

This update also corrects an issue where rexecd did not honor settings in /etc/security/limits if pam_limits was in use.

Solution

Update the affected rsh and / or rsh-server packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=68590

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36260

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2008-191.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rsh, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rsh-server, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0175

CWE: 22

MDVSA: 2008:191