CVE-2004-0806

N/A Unknown

Published: December 31, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

cdrecord in the cdrtools package before 2.01, when installed setuid root, does not properly drop privileges before executing a program specified in the RSH environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2004/Sep/0097.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://secunia.com/advisories/12481/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19532

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1011091

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2004-09/0108.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/700326

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:091

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.org/bid/11075

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch

https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2058

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17303

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9805

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U