Secunia Security Advisory - Debian has issued an update for rssh. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Debian update for rssh
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50272
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-08-16
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DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for rssh. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling environment
variables and can be exploited to bypass the application restrictions
and e.g. gain shell access.
Successful exploitation requires that the sshd AcceptEnv
configuration option is enabled.
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the apt-get package manager.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Henrik Erkkonen.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
DSA-2530-1:
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2530
pizzashack.org:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0036.html
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