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CVE-2004-0850

Published: Sep 24, 2004

Modified: Aug 8, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Star before 1.5_alpha46 does not drop the effective user ID (euid) before calling external programs, which could allow local users to gain privileges by modifying the RSH environment variable to reference a malicious program.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

n/a

affected
n/a

References

1011195
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
star-ssh-gain-privileges(17297)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
VU#339089
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT-VN
GLSA-200409-11
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
11141
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID

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