CVE-2021-41617

Name
CVE-2021-41617
Description
sshd in OpenSSH 6.2 through 8.x before 8.8, when certain non-default configurations are used, allows privilege escalation because supplemental groups are not initialized as expected. Helper programs for AuthorizedKeysCommand and AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand may run with privileges associated with group memberships of the sshd process, if the configuration specifies running the command as a different user.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/26/1
MISC https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-8.8
MISC https://www.openssh.com/security.html
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190975
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6XJIONMHMKZDTMH6BQR5TNLF2WDCGWED/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W44V2PFQH5YLRN6ZJTVRKAD7CU6CYYET/
CONFIRM https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211014-0004/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVI7RWM2JLNMWTOFK6BDUSGNOIPZYPUT/
MISC https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
cve@mitre.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6XJIONMHMKZDTMH6BQR5TNLF2WDCGWED/
cve@mitre.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVI7RWM2JLNMWTOFK6BDUSGNOIPZYPUT/
cve@mitre.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W44V2PFQH5YLRN6ZJTVRKAD7CU6CYYET/
cve@mitre.org https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5586
Third Party Advisory https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220805-0001/
cve@mitre.org https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/154174
cve@mitre.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00017.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* openssh >= 6.2 < 8.8

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
openssh 3.14-main 8.6_p1-r3 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
openssh 3.13-main 8.4_p1-r4 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
openssh 3.12-main 8.3_p1-r3 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
openssh 3.11-main 8.1_p1-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed