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Debian DSA-3130-1: Moderate Risk from Lsyncd Command Execution

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Calendar Grey January 16, 2015
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Enhance your lsyncd installations to address filename validation vulnerabilities and mitigate command execution threats on Debian systems.
It was discovered that lsyncd, a daemon to synchronize local directories using rsync, performed insufficient sanitising of filenames which might result in the execution of arbitrar...

Summary

It was discovered that lsyncd, a daemon to synchronize local directories
using rsync, performed insufficient sanitising of filenames which might
result in the execution of arbitrary commands.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.7-3+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been
fixed in version 2.1.5-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.5-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your lsyncd packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: lsyncd
CVE ID: CVE-2014-8990

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