Vulnerability Details CVE-2009-2904
A certain Red Hat modification to the ChrootDirectory feature in OpenSSH 4.8, as used in sshd in OpenSSH 4.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4 and Fedora 11, allows local users to gain privileges via hard links to setuid programs that use configuration files within the chroot directory, related to requirements for directory ownership.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 11.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 6.9
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038214.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- http://osvdb.org/58495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39182
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36552
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522141
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9862
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1470.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038214.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- http://osvdb.org/58495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39182
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36552
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522141
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9862
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1470.html
Products affected by CVE-2009-2904
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cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:4.8
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:11
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:5