Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting openssh-portable package, versions [,4.5]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENSSHPORTABLE-2319301
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed20 Sept 2001
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Sep 2001

CVE-2001-1029  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for openssh-portable.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to bypass the capabilities checks and read arbitrary files by specifying alternate copyright or welcome files.

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