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diff --git a/glsa-200408-17.xml b/glsa-200408-17.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c49553d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200408-17.xml @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200408-17"> + <title>rsync: Potential information leakage</title> + <synopsis> + 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. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">rsync</product> + <announced>August 17, 2004</announced> + <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised> + <bug>60309</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-misc/rsync" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.6.0-r3</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="le">2.6.0-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + rsync is a utility that provides fast incremental file transfers. It is + used to efficiently synchronize files between hosts and is used by + emerge to fetch Gentoo's Portage tree. rsyncd is the rsync daemon, + which listens to connections from rsync clients. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + The paths sent by the rsync client are not checked thoroughly enough. + It does not affect the normal send/receive filenames that specify what + files should be transferred. It does affect certain option paths that + cause auxilliary files to be read or written. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + When rsyncd is used without chroot ("use chroot = false" in the + rsyncd.conf file), this vulnerability could allow the listing of + arbitrary files outside module's path and allow file overwriting + outside module's path on rsync server configurations that allows + uploading. Both possibilities are exposed only when chroot option is + disabled. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + You should never set the rsync daemon to run with "use chroot = false". + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All users should update to the latest version of the rsync package. + </p> + <code> + # emerge sync + + # emerge -pv ">=net-misc/rsync-2.6.0-r3" + # emerge ">=net-misc/rsync-2.6.0-r3"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://samba.org/rsync/#security_aug04">rsync Advisory</uri> + <uri link="http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync-announce/2004/000017.html">rsync 2.6.2 announcement</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0792">CVE-2004-0792</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:22:18 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |