Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60829
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-600-1 (rsync)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-600-1 (rsync)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to rsync announced via advisory USN-600-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: Sebastian Krahmer discovered that rsync could overflow when handling ACLs. An attacker could construct a malicious set of files that when processed by rsync could lead to arbitrary code execution or a crash. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.04: rsync 2.6.9-3ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 7.10: rsync 2.6.9-5ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-600-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1720 http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync-announce@lists.samba.org/msg00057.html Debian Security Information: DSA-1545 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00237.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00247.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBMA02447 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2 HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT090062 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:011 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-600-1 BugTraq ID: 28726 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28726 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1191/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1215/references http://www.osvdb.org/44368 http://www.osvdb.org/44369 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019835 http://secunia.com/advisories/29668 http://secunia.com/advisories/29770 http://secunia.com/advisories/29777 http://secunia.com/advisories/29781 http://secunia.com/advisories/29856 http://secunia.com/advisories/29861 http://secunia.com/advisories/29788 XForce ISS Database: rsync-xattr-bo(41766) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41766
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