Alpine: multiple rssh packages: security update to 2.3.4-r1 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400195

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- Insufficient sanitization of arguments passed to rsync can bypass the restrictions imposed by rssh, a
restricted shell that should restrict users to perform only rsync operations, resulting in the execution
of arbitrary shell commands. (CVE-2019-3463)

- Insufficient sanitization of environment variables passed to rsync can bypass the restrictions imposed by
rssh, a restricted shell that should restrict users to perform only rsync operations, resulting in the
execution of arbitrary shell commands. (CVE-2019-3464)

- rssh version 2.3.4 contains a CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command
('Command Injection') vulnerability in allowscp permission that can result in Local command execution.
This attack appear to be exploitable via An authorized SSH user with the allowscp permission.
(CVE-2019-1000018)

See Also

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=249796ee8f8d086b4e45169cededc3f81143cf7b

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2bda621555cb3efb08f9cb6e5d01c7bc65751cf1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 400195

Version: Revision 1.24

Type: Local

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3464

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1000018, CVE-2019-3463, CVE-2019-3464

BID: 106806, 106839