Star before 1.5_alpha46 does not drop the effective user ID (euid) before calling external programs, which could allow local users to gain privileges by modifying the RSH environment variable to reference a malicious program.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089 | Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195 | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297 |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2004-12-22 21:00
Updated : 2017-07-10 18:30
NVD link : CVE-2004-0850
Mitre link : CVE-2004-0850
JSON object : View
CWE
Products Affected
joerg_schilling
- star_tape_archiver


