Ubuntu 7.04 / 7.10 : rsync vulnerability (USN-600-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 31966

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

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.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected rsync package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/600-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31966

File Name: ubuntu_USN-600-1.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/17/2008

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rsync, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1720

CWE: 119

USN: 600-1