13378 : distcc Daemon Command Execution
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
15	1542	over 7 years ago	about 1 year ago	3 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2002-02-01	2002-02-01

Description

distcc contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary commands. distcc does not perform any authentication or authorization of connections, and instead relies on 3rd party access controls. It is possible that the flaw may allow arbitrary command execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Workaround
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades or patches to correct this issue. It is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround(s):

Use ssh or firewall rules to restrict connections to the server.

Products

Martin Pool	distcc	1.x
		2.0
		2.1
		2.2
		2.3
		2.4
		2.5
		2.6
		2.7
		2.8
		2.9
		2.10
		2.11
		2.12
		2.13
		2.14
		2.15
		2.16
		2.17
		2.18
		2.18.2
		2.18.3

References

Related OSVDB ID: 13378
Metasploit ID: 13378
CVE ID: 2004-2687 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-03/0183.html
http://lists.samba.org/archive/distcc/2004q3/002550.html
http://lists.samba.org/archive/distcc/2004q3/002562.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://distcc.samba.org/security.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.metasploit.org/projects/Framework/exploits.html#distcc_exec [ Link is 404 ]

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-09-24 | Disagree?

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