Debian Security Advisory
DSA-499-2 rsync -- directory traversal
- Date Reported:
- 02 Jun 2004
- Affected Packages:
- rsync
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 10247.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0426. - More information:
-
A vulnerability was discovered in rsync, a file transfer program, whereby a remote user could cause an rsync daemon to write files outside of the intended directory tree. This vulnerability is not exploitable when the daemon is configured with the 'chroot' option.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.5-0.5.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.1-1.
We recommend that you update your rsync package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the revised advisory.