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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103553
Category:Gain a shell remotely
Title:DistCC RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2004-2687)
Summary:DistCC is prone to a remote code execution (RCE); vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
DistCC is prone to a remote code execution (RCE)
vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
DistCC 2.x, as used in XCode 1.5 and others, when not configured
to restrict access to the server port, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via
compilation jobs, which are executed by the server without authorization checks.

Vulnerability Impact:
DistCC by default trusts its clients completely that in turn
could allow a malicious client to execute arbitrary commands on the server.

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please see the references for
more information.

For more information about DistCC's security see the references.

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-2687
Bugtraq: 20050310 XCode 1.5 and distcc 2.x Exploit (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-03/0183.html
http://www.metasploit.org/projects/Framework/exploits.html#distcc_exec
http://lists.samba.org/archive/distcc/2004q3/002550.html
http://lists.samba.org/archive/distcc/2004q3/002562.html
http://www.osvdb.org/13378
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