openSUSE 10 Security Update : rsync (rsync-4793)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 29789

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a bug in rsync that allowed remote attackers to access restricted files outside a module's hierarchy if no chroot setup was used. (CVE-2007-6199) Please read http://rsync.samba.org/security.html entry from November 28th, 2007 to get more information about a secure configuration of rsync that also covers the bug tracked with CVE-2007-6200. This update also fixes some crashes that only affect rsync-2.6.8 on SLES10.

Solution

Update the affected rsync package.

See Also

http://rsync.samba.org/security.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 29789

File Name: suse_rsync-4793.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/24/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rsync, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6199, CVE-2007-6200

CWE: 16, 264