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Security Advisory #2004-020
Package Name: rsync
Summary: Exposure of System Information
Advisory ID: TSSA-2004-020-ES
Date: 2004-08-16
Affected Products: tinysofa enterprise server 2.0
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Description
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rsync [0] is a program for synchronizing files over a network.
A vulnerability [1] has been reported in rsync, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious users to read or write arbitrary files on a
vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error within the
"sanitize_path()" function of the "util.c" file.
Successful exploitation requires that the rsync daemon isn't running
chrooted.
The vulnerability affects version 2.6.2 and prior.
Resolution
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The rsync package has been updated to address this vulnerability.
References
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[0] http://samba.org/rsync/
[1] http://samba.org/rsync/#security_aug04
Recommended Action
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We recommend that all systems with these packages installed be upgraded.
Location
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All tinysofa updates are available from
<URI:http://http.tinysofa.org/pub/tinysofa/updates/>
<URI:ftp://ftp.tinysofa.org/pub/tinysofa/updates/>
Automatic Updates
=================
Users of the APT tool can enjoy having updates automatically
installed using 'apt-get upgrade'.
Questions?
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Check out our mailing lists:
<URI:http://www.tinysofa.org/communicate/>
Verification
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This advisory is signed with the tinysofa security sign key.
This key is available from:
<URI:http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xAEDCBB4B>
All tinysofa packages are signed with the tinysofa stable sign key.
This key is available from:
<URI:http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x0F1240A2>
The advisory is available from the tinysofa errata database at
<URI:http://www.tinysofa.org/support/errata/>
or directly at
<URI:http://www.tinysofa.org/support/errata/2004/020.html>
Updated Packages
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SRPMS
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606db14378c661b0b5ce1bbb3cd87d52 rsync-2.6.2-2ts.src.rpm
i386
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7d8ea97c366ae496d266b168c9c172ca rsync-2.6.2-2ts.i386.rpm
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tinysofa Security Team <security at tinysofa dot org>
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