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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.72625
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2578-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'rssh' package(s) announced via the DSA-2578-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'rssh' package(s) announced via the DSA-2578-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
James Clawson discovered that rssh, a restricted shell for OpenSSH to be used with scp, sftp, rdist and cvs, was not correctly filtering command line options. This could be used to force the execution of a remote script and thus allow arbitrary command execution. Two CVE were assigned:

CVE-2012-2251

Incorrect filtering of command line when using rsync protocol. It was for example possible to pass dangerous options after a -- switch. The rsync protocol support has been added in a Debian (and Fedora/Red Hat) specific patch, so this vulnerability doesn't affect upstream.

CVE-2012-2252

Incorrect filtering of the --rsh option: the filter preventing usage of the --rsh= option would not prevent passing --rsh. This vulnerability affects upstream code.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.2-13squeeze3.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.3-6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.3-6.

We recommend that you upgrade your rssh packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'rssh' package(s) on Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.4

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2251
BugTraq ID: 56708
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56708
Bugtraq: 20121127 Re: rssh security announcement (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0101.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-2578 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2578
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/27/15
http://secunia.com/advisories/51307
XForce ISS Database: rssh-eoption-command-execution(80334)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80334
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2252
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880177
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/2
http://osvdb.org/87926
http://secunia.com/advisories/51343
XForce ISS Database: rssh-command-line-command-exec(80335)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80335
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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