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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60829
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-600-1 (rsync)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description: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

CVSS Score:
7.5

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1720
1019835
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019835
28726
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28726
29668
http://secunia.com/advisories/29668
29770
http://secunia.com/advisories/29770
29777
http://secunia.com/advisories/29777
29781
http://secunia.com/advisories/29781
29788
http://secunia.com/advisories/29788
29856
http://secunia.com/advisories/29856
29861
http://secunia.com/advisories/29861
44368
http://www.osvdb.org/44368
44369
http://www.osvdb.org/44369
ADV-2008-1191
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1191/references
ADV-2008-1215
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1215/references
DSA-1545
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545
FEDORA-2008-3047
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00237.html
FEDORA-2008-3060
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00247.html
GLSA-200804-16
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml
HPSBMA02447
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2
MDVSA-2008:084
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084
SSRT090062
SUSE-SR:2008:011
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
USN-600-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/600-1/
[rsync-announce] 20080408 Rsync 3.0.2 released w/xattr security fix (attn: 2.6.9 onward)
http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync-announce%40lists.samba.org/msg00057.html
http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/security/rsync-3.0.1-xattr-alloc.diff
http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/security.html#s3_0_2
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=591462&group_id=69227
rsync-xattr-bo(41766)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41766
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