CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1859

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Unknown vulnerability in the arshell tool in the Array Service (arrayd) for SGI ProPack 3 with SP 5 and 6, and SGI ProPack 4, allows local users to execute arbitrary shells as root on other hosts in the cluster or array.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves a local user being able to escalate privileges to root on remote hosts within the cluster, potentially leading to full compromise of the entire cluster environment.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately apply security patches provided by SGI for affected ProPack versions and restrict access to the arshell tool to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Unknown vulnerability in arshell in the Array Service (arrayd) for SGI ProPack 3 with SP 5 and 6, and SGI ProPack 4, allows local users to execute arbitrary shells as root on other hosts in the cluster or array.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS