CVE-2009-2904

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…

published October 1, 2009

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
23.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00318 · 23.6th percentile
Published
2009-10-01T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 OCT 15:00Z
    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…
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