CVE-2009-2904
published 2009-10-01CVE-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…
PriorityP422medium6.9CVSS 2.0
AVLACMAuNCCICAC
EPSS
0.32%
23.5th percentile
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.
Affected
3 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | openssh | — | — |
| openbsd | openssh | — | — |
| openbsd | openssh | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.06.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_debian6.9LOW
vendor_redhat6.9MEDIUM
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Red Hat
openssh: possible privilege escalation when using ChrootDirectory setting
vendor_redhat·2009-09-30·CVSS 6.9
CVE-2009-2904 [MEDIUM] openssh: possible privilege escalation when using ChrootDirectory setting
openssh: possible privilege escalation when using ChrootDirectory setting
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.
Debian
CVE-2009-2904: openssh - A certain Red Hat modification to the ChrootDirectory feature in OpenSSH 4.8, as...
vendor_debian·2009·CVSS 6.9
CVE-2009-2904 [MEDIUM] CVE-2009-2904: openssh - A certain Red Hat modification to the ChrootDirectory feature in OpenSSH 4.8, as...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved
bullseye: resolved
forky: resolved
sid: resolved
trixie: resolved
GHSA
GHSA-73m8-jfrm-fr4j: A certain Red Hat modification to the ChrootDirectory feature in OpenSSH 4
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-02
CVE-2009-2904 [MEDIUM] GHSA-73m8-jfrm-fr4j: A certain Red Hat modification to the ChrootDirectory feature in OpenSSH 4
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.
No detection rules found.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038214.htmlhttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.htmlhttp://osvdb.org/58495http://secunia.com/advisories/38794http://secunia.com/advisories/38834http://secunia.com/advisories/39182http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36552http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522141https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9862https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1470.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038214.htmlhttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.htmlhttp://osvdb.org/58495http://secunia.com/advisories/38794http://secunia.com/advisories/38834http://secunia.com/advisories/39182http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36552http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522141https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9862https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1470.html
2009-10-01
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