It was discovered that rsync did not properly perform sanity checks on certain meta-information. By sending specially crafted meta-information, a remote attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to cause an rsync endpoint to write data to files outside of the expected destination path.
Find out more about CVE-2014-9512 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | rsync | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | rsync | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | rsync | Will not fix |
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