Google: net-misc/rsync: security update to 17162.0.14

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 453160

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- An issue was discovered in rsync before 3.2.5 that allows malicious remote servers to write arbitrary
files inside the directories of connecting peers. The server chooses which files/directories are sent to
the client. However, the rsync client performs insufficient validation of file names. A malicious rsync
server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can overwrite arbitrary files in the rsync client target directory
and subdirectories (for example, overwrite the .ssh/authorized_keys file). (CVE-2022-29154)

Solution

Update the net-misc/rsync library and its related packages to version 17162.0.14 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 453160

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.37

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29154

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29154

Detections

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