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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200408-17 (rsync)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

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

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200408-17.

Insight

Insight

rsync fails to properly sanitize paths. This vulnerability could allow the listing of arbitrary files and allow file overwriting outside module's path on rsync server configurations that allow uploading.

Solution

Solution

All users should update to the latest version of the rsync package. # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-misc/rsync-2.6.0-r3' # emerge '>=net-misc/rsync-2.6.0-r3' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200408-17 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60309 http://samba.org/rsync/#security_aug04 http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync-announce/2004/000017.html

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