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GHSA-73m8-jfrm-fr4j

GHSA-73m8-jfrm-fr4j PUBLISHED

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 2, 2022

A certain Red Hat modification to the ChrootDirectory feature in OpenSSH 4.8, as used in sshd in OpenSSH 4.3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4 and Fedora 11, allows local users to gain privileges via hard links to setuid programs that use configuration files within the chroot directory, related to requirements for directory ownership.

Timeline

  • May 2, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-73m8-jfrm-fr4j
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-73m8-jfrm-fr4j

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-73m8-jfrm-fr4j/fixes/registry"

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