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Arch Linux: ASA-202101-1 High Severity: rsync Man-In-The-Middle Threat

Calendar Jan 05, 2021 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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The package rsync before version 3.2.3-2 is vulnerable to man-in-the- middle. 
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202101-1
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Severity: High
Date    : 2021-01-04
CVE-ID  : CVE-2020-14387
Package : rsync
Type    : man-in-the-middle
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1374

Summary
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The package rsync before version 3.2.3-2 is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 3.2.3-2.

# pacman -Syu "rsync>=3.2.3-2"

The problem has been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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A flaw was found in rsync version 3.2.0pre1 to 3.2.4. rsync-ssl does
not verify the hostname in the server certificate in openssl mode, so a
remote, unauthenticated man-in-the-middle attacker with a valid
certificate for another hostname could intercept connections.

Impact
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A remote, unauthenticated attacker in position of man-in-the-middle
with a valid certificate for another hostname can intercept
connections.

References
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https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/69051
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1875549

https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-14387