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Debian DSA-2530-1 : rssh - shell command injection

low Nessus Plugin ID 61555

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Henrik Erkkonen discovered that rssh, a restricted shell for SSH, does not properly restrict shell access.

Solution

Upgrade the rssh packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.2-13squeeze1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/rssh

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2530

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 61555

File Name: debian_DSA-2530.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/16/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rssh

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3478

BID: 53430

DSA: 2530