CVE-2005-3345

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

rssh 2.0.0 through 2.2.3 allows local users to bypass access restrictions and gain root privileges by using the rssh_chroot_helper command to chroot to an external directory.

Affected products

Rssh: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=344424
http://secunia.com/advisories/18224
http://secunia.com/advisories/18237
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/308
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-15.xml
http://www.pizzashack.org/rssh/security.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16050
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23854
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=344424
http://secunia.com/advisories/18224
http://secunia.com/advisories/18237
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/308

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