DSA-1545-1 rsync -- integer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1545-1 rsync -- integer overflow

Date Reported:

10 Apr 2008

Affected Packages:

rsync

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-1720.

More information:

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that an integer overflow in rsync's code for handling extended attributes may lead to arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.9-2etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your rsync package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch4.diff.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch4_amd64.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch4_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch4_sparc.deb

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