CVE-2009-2904

Description

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.

Category

6.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.04%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 third party advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36552 vdb entry
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1470.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038214.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834 third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/58495 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/39182 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9862 signature vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522141
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2904?
CVE-2009-2904 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2904?
To fix CVE-2009-2904, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-2904 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2009-2904 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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