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CVE-2009-2904 Detail

Description

A certain Red Hat modification to the ChrootDirectory feature in OpenSSH 4.8, as used in sshd in OpenSSH 4.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4 and Fedora 11, allows local users to gain privileges via hard links to setuid programs that use configuration files within the chroot directory, related to requirements for directory ownership.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038214.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038214.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://osvdb.org/58495
http://osvdb.org/58495
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
http://secunia.com/advisories/39182
http://secunia.com/advisories/39182
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36552
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36552
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522141
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522141
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9862
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9862
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1470.html Vendor Advisory 
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1470.html Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-16 Configuration cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2904
NVD Published Date:
10/01/2009
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.