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Ubuntu: USN-5327-1 (CVE-2019-7282): rsh vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-5327-1 (CVE-2019-7282): rsh vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/31/2019
Created
03/17/2022
Added
03/16/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

In NetKit through 0.17, rcp.c in the rcp client allows remote rsh servers to bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename. The impact is modifying the permissions of the target directory on the client side. This is similar to CVE-2018-20685.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-rsh-client
  • ubuntu-upgrade-rsh-server

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