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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53203
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian Security Advisory DSA 499-2 (rsync)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to rsync;announced via advisory DSA 499-2.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to rsync
announced via advisory DSA 499-2.

Vulnerability Insight:
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.

This update includes an additional fix related to the original
vulnerability.

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.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0426
BugTraq ID: 10247
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10247
Bugtraq: 20040521 [OpenPKG-SA-2004.025] OpenPKG Security Advisory (rsync) (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108515912212018&w=2
Computer Incident Advisory Center Bulletin: O-134
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-134.shtml
Computer Incident Advisory Center Bulletin: O-212
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-212.shtml
Debian Security Information: DSA-499 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-499
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-10.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:042
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9495
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A967
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-192.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11514
http://secunia.com/advisories/11515
http://secunia.com/advisories/11523
http://secunia.com/advisories/11537
http://secunia.com/advisories/11583
http://secunia.com/advisories/11669
http://secunia.com/advisories/11688
http://secunia.com/advisories/11993
http://secunia.com/advisories/12054
http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.403462
http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2004/TSL-2004-0024-rsync.asc.txt
XForce ISS Database: rsync-write-files(16014)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16014
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