rcp on various Linux systems including Red Hat 4.0 allows a nobody user or other user with UID of 65535 to overwrite arbitrary files, since 65535 is interpreted as -1 by chown and other system calls, which causes the calls to fail to modify the ownership of the file.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Redhat | 4.0 (including) | 4.0 (including) |
| Slackware_linux | Slackware | 3.1 (including) | 3.1 (including) |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=87602167420509\u0026w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=87602167420509\u0026w=2