bugtraq - Re: rssh security announcement

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Message-ID: <20120515154604.GB7984@dragontoe.org>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 10:46:04 -0500
From: Derek Martin <code@...zashack.org>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, rssh-discuss@...rceforge.net
Subject: Re: rssh security announcement

On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 12:24:52PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
> Henrik Erkkonen has discovered that, through clever manipulation of
> environment variables on the ssh command line, it is possible to
> circumvent rssh.  As far as I can tell, there is no way to effect a
> root compromise, except of course if the root account is the one
> you're attempting to protect with rssh...
> 
> This project is old, and I have no interest in continuing to maintain
> it.  

Actually, I have a patch for this.  I'll be publishing it later this
week, when I can find some time to do it.

-- 
Derek D. Martin
http://www.pizzashack.org/
GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D


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