SB2020072717 - Gentoo update for rssh

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1000018)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation in the scp support. A remote unauthenticated attacker can perform only scp, sftp, cvs, svnserve (Subversion), rdist and/or rsync operations and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

2) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3463)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation in the rsync support. A remote unauthenticated attacker can bypass the rsync support and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system and perform only scp, sftp, cvs, svnserve (Subversion), rdist and/or rsync operations.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

3) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3464)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation in the rsync support. A remote unauthenticated attacker can bypass the rsync support and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system and perform only scp, sftp, cvs, svnserve (Subversion), rdist and/or rsync operations.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://security.gentoo.org/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-29