Source: rsync Version: 3.1.2-2 Severity: important Tags: patch security upstream
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for rsync. CVE-2017-17434[0]: | The daemon in rsync 3.1.2, and 3.1.3-development before 2017-12-03, | does not check for fnamecmp filenames in the daemon_filter_list data | structure (in the recv_files function in receiver.c) and also does not | apply the sanitize_paths protection mechanism to pathnames found in | "xname follows" strings (in the read_ndx_and_attrs function in | rsync.c), which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access | restrictions. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17434 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17434 [1] https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git;a=commit;h=5509597decdbd7b91994210f700329d8a35e70a1 [2] https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git;a=commit;h=70aeb5fddd1b2f8e143276f8d5a085db16c593b9 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
