Executive Summary

Summary
Title rsync: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201605-04 First vendor Publication 2016-05-30
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2016-05-30
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.4 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 4.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in rsync, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to write arbitrary files.

Background

File transfer program to keep remote files into sync.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rsync. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Remote attackers could write arbitrary files via symlink attacks.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All rsync users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/rsync-3.1.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8242 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8242
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-9512 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9512

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-04

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201605-04.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
50 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 1
Os 2
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-09-02 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2151-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-29 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-1866-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-29 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-803.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-28 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-764.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-05-31 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201605-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-01-22 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2879-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-01-20 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-0173-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-01-20 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-0176-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-01-11 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_b22b016bb63311e583ef14dae9d210b8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-10-15 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-659.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-04-28 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-204.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-20 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2015-3366.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-20 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2015-3497.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-10 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2015-2923.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-02-11 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-124.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2016-06-01 13:28:02
  • Multiple Updates
2016-05-31 00:24:44
  • First insertion