Source: rsync Version: 3.1.2-1 Severity: important Tags: patch security upstream Forwarded: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13112
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for rsync. CVE-2017-16548[0]: | The receive_xattr function in xattrs.c in rsync 3.1.2 and | 3.1.3-development does not check for a trailing '\0' character in an | xattr name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service | (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have | unspecified other impact by sending crafted data to the daemon. 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-2017-16548 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16548 [1] https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13112 [2] https://git.samba.org/rsync.git/?p=rsync.git;a=commit;h=47a63d90e71d3e19e0e96052bb8c6b9cb140ecc1 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore _______________________________________________ Secure-testing-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/secure-testing-team
