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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-3463

Insufficient sanitization of arguments passed to rsync can bypass the restrictions imposed by rssh, a restricted shell that should restrict users to perform only rsync operations, resulting in the execution of arbitrary shell commands.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 4.87%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Insufficient sanitization of arguments passed to rsync can bypass the restrictions imposed by rssh, a restricted shell that should restrict users to perform only rsync operations, resulting in the execution of arbitrary shell commands.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.87% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-88
Affected
pizzashack/rssh · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
security@debian.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.