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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60905
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:098 (openssh)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to openssh
announced via advisory MDVSA-2008:098.

A vulnerability in OpenSSH 4.4 through 4.8 allowed local attackers
to bypass intended security restrictions enabling them to execute
commands other than those specified by the ForceCommand directive,
provided they are able to modify to ~
/.ssh/rc (CVE-2008-1657).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: 2007.1, 2008.0, 2008.1

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2008:098

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.5

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1657
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
BugTraq ID: 28531
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28531
Bugtraq: 20080404 rPSA-2008-0139-1 gnome-ssh-askpass openssh openssh-client openssh-server (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490488/100/0/threaded
Cert/CC Advisory: TA08-260A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:098
NETBSD Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2008-005
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc
OpenBSD Security Advisory: [4.3] 001: SECURITY FIX: March 30, 2008
http://www.openbsd.org/errata43.html#001_openssh
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019733
http://secunia.com/advisories/29602
http://secunia.com/advisories/29609
http://secunia.com/advisories/29683
http://secunia.com/advisories/29693
http://secunia.com/advisories/29735
http://secunia.com/advisories/29939
http://secunia.com/advisories/30361
http://secunia.com/advisories/31531
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882
http://secunia.com/advisories/32080
http://secunia.com/advisories/32110
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:009 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-649-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1035/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
XForce ISS Database: openssh-forcecommand-command-execution(41549)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41549
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