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CVE-2004-1161

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

rssh 2.2.2 and earlier does not properly restrict programs that can be run, which could allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary programs via (1) rdist -P, (2) rsync, or (3) scp -S.

Affected products

• gentoo Linux: all versions
• Rssh: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110202047507273&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110581113814623&w=2
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-01.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11792
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110202047507273&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110581113814623&w=2
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-01.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11792

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