Executive Summary

Summary
Title rsync: Arbitrary command execution
Informations
Name GLSA-201805-04 First vendor Publication 2018-05-08
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2018-05-08
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:N)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in rsync might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Background

File transfer program to keep remote files into sync.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in rsync's parse_arguments function in options.c.

Impact

Remote attackers could possibly execute arbitrary commands with the privilege of the process.

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-3.1.3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-5764 : https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5764

Availability

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-04

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201805-04.xml

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 44
Os 3
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-09-18 Name : The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1244.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-1_0-0132.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-07-24 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-2_0-0041.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-05-09 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201805-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-13 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1049.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-13 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1050.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-07 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-d0ebfab3f3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-034101216d.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-02 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2018-032-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-01-19 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1247.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2018-05-08 21:18:52
  • First insertion