CVE-2019-7282 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2019-7282?

CVE-2019-7282 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 31 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In NetKit through 0.17, rcp.c in the rcp client allows remote rsh servers to bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename. The impact is modifying the permissions of the target directory on the client side. This is similar to CVE-2018-20685.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-7282?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Netkit Netkit.

How do I fix CVE-2019-7282?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2019-7282 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-7282 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-7282, GHSA-xrxr-vcvh-gm7h, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-7282, USN-5327-1.