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openssh: possible privilege escalation when using ChrootDirectory setting

🗓️ 30 Sep 2009 15:08:00Reported by RedHatType 
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OpenSSH ChrootDirectory modification enables privilege escalation via hard links to setuid in chroot.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux5i386openssh0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2openssh-0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ia64openssh0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2openssh-0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ppcopenssh0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2openssh-0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5s390xopenssh0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2openssh-0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5x86_64openssh0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2openssh-0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5i386openssh-askpass0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2openssh-askpass-0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ia64openssh-askpass0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2openssh-askpass-0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ppcopenssh-askpass0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2openssh-askpass-0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5s390xopenssh-askpass0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2openssh-askpass-0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5x86_64openssh-askpass0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2openssh-askpass-0:4.3p2-36.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm
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