The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:6180 advisory.

  - 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:6180 advisory.

  - 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of AHV installed on the remote host is prior to 20220304.242. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AHV-20220304.242 advisory.

  - In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5, there is an integer overflow in storeRawNames. (CVE-2022-25315)

  - In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the storeAtts function in     xmlparse.c can lead to realloc misbehavior (e.g., allocating too few bytes, or only freeing memory).
    (CVE-2021-45960)

  - An issue was discovered in the Bidirectional Algorithm in the Unicode Specification through 14.0. It     permits the visual reordering of characters via control sequences, which can be used to craft source code     that renders different logic than the logical ordering of tokens ingested by compilers and interpreters.
    Adversaries can leverage this to encode source code for compilers accepting Unicode such that targeted     vulnerabilities are introduced invisibly to human reviewers. NOTE: the Unicode Consortium offers the     following alternative approach to presenting this concern. An issue is noted in the nature of     international text that can affect applications that implement support for The Unicode Standard and the     Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (all versions). Due to text display behavior when text includes left-to-     right and right-to-left characters, the visual order of tokens may be different from their logical order.
    Additionally, control characters needed to fully support the requirements of bidirectional text can     further obfuscate the logical order of tokens. Unless mitigated, an adversary could craft source code such     that the ordering of tokens perceived by human reviewers does not match what will be processed by a     compiler/interpreter/etc. The Unicode Consortium has documented this class of vulnerability in its     document, Unicode Technical Report #36, Unicode Security Considerations. The Unicode Consortium also     provides guidance on mitigations for this class of issues in Unicode Technical Standard #39, Unicode     Security Mechanisms, and in Unicode Standard Annex #31, Unicode Identifier and Pattern Syntax. Also, the     BIDI specification allows applications to tailor the implementation in ways that can mitigate misleading     visual reordering in program text; see HL4 in Unicode Standard Annex #9, Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.
    (CVE-2021-42574)

  - An arbitrary file write vulnerability was found in GNU gzip's zgrep utility. When zgrep is applied on the     attacker's chosen file name (for example, a crafted file name), this can overwrite an attacker's content     to an arbitrary attacker-selected file. This flaw occurs due to insufficient validation when processing     filenames with two or more newlines where selected content and the target file names are embedded in     crafted multi-line file names. This flaw allows a remote, low privileged attacker to force zgrep to write     arbitrary files on the system. (CVE-2022-1271)

  - AIDE before 0.17.4 allows local users to obtain root privileges via crafted file metadata (such as XFS     extended attributes or tmpfs ACLs), because of a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2021-45417)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has rsync packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - zlib before 1.2.12 allows memory corruption when deflating (i.e., when compressing) if the input has many     distant matches. (CVE-2018-25032)

  - 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:6551 advisory.

    The redhat-virtualization-host packages provide the Red Hat Virtualization Host. These packages include     redhat-release-virtualization-host, ovirt-node, and rhev-hypervisor. Red Hat Virtualization Hosts (RHVH)     are installed using a special build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with only the packages required to host     virtual machines. RHVH features a Cockpit user interface for monitoring the host's resources and     performing administrative tasks.

    The ovirt-node-ng packages provide the Red Hat Virtualization Host. These packages include redhat-release-     virtualization-host, ovirt-node, and rhev-hypervisor. Red Hat Virtualization Hosts (RHVH) are installed     using a special build of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with only the packages required to host virtual     machines. RHVH features a Cockpit user interface for monitoring the host's resources and performing     administrative tasks.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: redhat-release-virtualization-host     (4.5.2), redhat-virtualization-host (4.5.2), redhat-virtualization-host-productimg (4.5.2). (BZ#2070049,     BZ#2093195)

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: Small table perturb size in the TCP source port generation algorithm can lead to information     leak (CVE-2022-1012)

    * dpdk: DoS when a Vhost header crosses more than two descriptors and exhausts all mbufs (CVE-2022-2132)

    * systemd-resolved: use-after-free when dealing with DnsStream in resolved-dns-stream.c (CVE-2022-2526)

    * kernel: a use-after-free in cls_route filter implementation may lead to privilege escalation     (CVE-2022-2588)

    * rsync: remote arbitrary files write inside the directories of connecting peers (CVE-2022-29154)

    * kernel: a use-after-free write in the netfilter subsystem can lead to privilege escalation to root     (CVE-2022-32250)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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).

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
164489	Rocky Linux 8 : rsync (RLSA-2022:6180)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	8/29/2022	11/6/2023	high
164527	AlmaLinux 8 : rsync (ALSA-2022:6180)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	8/31/2022	10/13/2023	high
170564	Nutanix AHV : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AHV-20220304.242)	Nessus	Misc.	1/25/2023	2/19/2025	critical
171703	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : rsync Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2023-0006)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	2/21/2023	9/1/2023	high
165429	RHEL 8 : Red Hat Virtualization (RHSA-2022:6551)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	9/24/2022	11/7/2024	critical
503264	ABB M2M Gateway Arbitrary File Write in embedded Rsync (CVE-2022-29154)	Tenable OT Security	Tenable.ot	5/27/2025	5/27/2025	high

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