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rssh: privilege escalation

Package(s):

rssh

CVE #(s):

CVE-2005-3345

Created:

December 27, 2005

Updated:

January 4, 2006

Description:

Max Vozeler discovered that the rssh_chroot_helper command allows local users to chroot into arbitrary directories. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges by chrooting into arbitrary directories.

Alerts:

Gentoo

200512-15

2005-12-27

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