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rsync path sanitation vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Gain a shell remotely
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.4
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
A vulnerability has been reported in rsync, which potentially can be exploited by malicious users to read or write arbitrary files on a vulnerable system.
Insight
Insight
An attacker, exploiting this flaw, would need network access to the TCP port. Successful exploitation requires that the rsync daemon is *not* running chrooted.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to rsync 2.6.3 or newer.