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[DSA1109] DSA-1109-1 rssh

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1109-1 rssh

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Russ Allbery discovered that rssh, a restricted shell, performs
insufficient checking of incoming commands, which might lead to a bypass
of access restrictions.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.3-1.sarge.2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3.0-1.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your rssh package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1109
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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