CVE-2008-3234
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-07-18 16:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:28
Severity ?
Summary
sshd in OpenSSH 4 on Debian GNU/Linux, and the 20070303 OpenSSH snapshot, allows remote authenticated users to obtain access to arbitrary SELinux roles by appending a :/ (colon slash) sequence, followed by the role name, to the username.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30276Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44037
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6094
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30276Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44037
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6094
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