rsh Excessive Trust Vulnerability

Added: 01/25/2013 CVE: CVE-1999-0515 Background The rsh service allows remote users, using an rsh client, to execute individual shell commands on an rsh server without the need for a password. The rsh process uses the .rhosts file to list trusted hosts those machines allowed to use the service...

rsh Excessive Trust Vulnerability

Added: 01/25/2013 CVE: CVE-1999-0515 Background The rsh service allows remote users, using an rsh client, to execute individual shell commands on an rsh server without the need for a password. The rsh process uses the .rhosts file to list trusted hosts those machines allowed to use the service...

rsh Excessive Trust Vulnerability

Added: 01/25/2013 CVE: CVE-1999-0515 Background The rsh service allows remote users, using an rsh client, to execute individual shell commands on an rsh server without the need for a password. The rsh process uses the .rhosts file to list trusted hosts those machines allowed to use the service...

CVE-1999-0515

CVE-1999-0515 relates to an unrestricted remote trust relationship in Unix/Linux environments (eg, using + in /etc/hosts.equiv/.rhosts via rsh). Root access can be gained if a trusted host is compromised. Remediation described in sources: remove the wildcard (+) from /etc/hosts.equiv and the root...