From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Oct 25 2004 - 07:25:57 CDT

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TITLE:
rssh Logging Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12954

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12954/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
rssh 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/3604/

DESCRIPTION:
Florian Schilhabel has reported a vulnerability in rssh, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious users to gain interactive
access.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in the
logging functionality. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary
code with the users own privileges.

NOTE: This is considered a vulnerability, because the purpose of the
program is to restrict interactive access.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.2.2.
http://www.pizzashack.org/rssh/downloads.shtml

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Florian Schilhabel

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.pizzashack.org/rssh/security.shtml

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