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GLSA-201311-19 : rssh: Access restriction bypass

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71121

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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-201311-19 (rssh: Access restriction bypass)

 Multiple command line parsing and validation vulnerabilities have been discovered in rssh. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 Multiple parsing and validation vulnerabilities can cause the restrictions set up by rssh to be bypassed.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All rssh users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-shells/rssh-2.3.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201311-19

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71121

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201311-19.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 11/29/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2252, CVE-2012-3478

BID: 53430, 56708

GLSA: 201311-19