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 |
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195 | |
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml | |
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089 | Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297 | |
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195 | |
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml | |
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089 | Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297 |
Configurations
History
20 Nov 2024, 23:49
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195 - | |
References | () http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml - | |
References | () http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089 - Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141 - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297 - |
Information
Published : 2004-12-23 05:00
Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03
NVD link : CVE-2004-0850
Mitre link : CVE-2004-0850
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2004-0850
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Products Affected
joerg_schilling
- star_tape_archiver
CWE