SSH Tectia Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1019167
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1019167
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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-5616
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jan 9 2008
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Impact: Root access via local system
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 up to 5.2.3 and 5.3.5
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in SSH Tectia Client and Server. A local user can obtain root privileges on the target system.
A local user can exploit an unspecified flaw in '/opt/tectia/libexec/ssh-signer' to gain root privileges.
Only the Linux/UNIX version is affected.
Tuomas Siren reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A local user can obtain root privileges on the target system.
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Solution: The vendor has issued fixed versions (5.2.4 and 5.3.6).
No vendor advisory was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.ssh.com/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Not specified
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 22:48:53 -0500
Subject: SSH Tectia Client and Server ssh-signer local privilege escalation
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http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/921339
CVE-2007-5616
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