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[GLSA-200408-17] rsync: Potential information leakage

Family:
Gentoo Local Security Checks
Category:
infos
Copyright:
(C) 2004 Michel Arboi
Summary:
rsync: Potential information leakage
Version:
$Revision: 1.1 $
Cve_id:
-
Bugtraq_id:
-
Xrefs:
GLSA:200408-17
Description:
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-17
(rsync: Potential information leakage)


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.

Impact

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.

Workaround

You should never set the rsync daemon to run with "use chroot =
false".

References:
http://samba.org/rsync/#security_aug04
http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync-announce/2004/000017.html


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"


Risk Factor : Medium
Generiert am 27.04.2005 um 18:49:54 Uhr.