Re: rssh security announcement

[Derek Martin <code () pizzashack org>]

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/
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