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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : rsync (MDKSA-2002:024)

high Nessus Plugin ID 13932

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Ethan Benson discovered a bug in rsync where the supplementary groups that the rsync daemon runs as (such as root) would not be removed from the server process after changing to the specified unprivileged uid and gid. This seems only serious if rsync is called using 'rsync
--daemon' from the command line where it will inherit the group of the user starting the server (usually root). Note that, by default, Mandrake Linux uses xinetd to handle connections to the rsync daemon.
This was fixed upstream in version 2.5.3, as well as the previously noted zlib fixes (see MDKSA-2002:023). The authors released 2.5.4 with some additional zlib fixes, and all users are encouraged to upgrade to this new version of rsync.

Solution

Update the affected rsync package.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=132272

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 13932

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2002-024.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 7/31/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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: cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rsync, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0059, CVE-2002-0080

MDKSA: 2002:024