CVE-2004-1161: Gentoo Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 7.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

rssh 2.2.2 and earlier does not properly restrict programs that can be run, which could allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary programs via (1) rdist -P, (2) rsync, or (3) scp -S.

Affected products

• Gentoo Linux: any version
• Rssh Rssh: version 2.0 only; version 2.1 only; version 2.2 only; version 2.2.1 only; version 2.2.2 only

Published 2005-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.