DSA-499-2 rsync -- directory traversal

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-499-2 rsync -- directory traversal

Date Reported:

02 Jun 2004

Affected Packages:

rsync

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 10247.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0426.

More information:

A vulnerability was discovered in rsync, a file transfer program, whereby a remote user could cause an rsync daemon to write files outside of the intended directory tree. This vulnerability is not exploitable when the daemon is configured with the 'chroot' option.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.5-0.5.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.1-1.

We recommend that you update your rsync package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.5.5-0.5_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the revised advisory.