Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been reported in rootsh, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass the logging functionality.
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TITLE:
rootsh Escape Sequences Logging Security Bypass
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA13405
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13405/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
Local system
SOFTWARE:
rootsh 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4367/
DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in rootsh, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to bypass the logging functionality.
The problem is caused due to an input validation error when handling
certain xterm escape sequences. This can be exploited to generate
empty syslog messages, allowing users to hide their actions in a
syslog-only environment.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.4.1.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=110309
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.
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