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Debian 4.0 rsync 2.6.9-2etch2 critical: Integer Overflow Code Execution

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Calendar Grey April 10, 2008
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Addressed integer overflow vulnerability in rsync permits unauthorized code execution in Debian. Security upgrade is advised.
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that an integer overflow in rsync's code for handling extended attributes may lead to arbitrary code execution.
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Summary


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

We recommend that you upgrade your rsync package.

Upgrade instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian 4.0 (stable)
- -------------------Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

Source archives:

Size/MD5 checksum: 566 6504d35182ed2141c8d7d2f8152d5fb7
Size/MD5 checksum: 811841 996d8d8831dbca17910094e56dcb5942
Size/MD5 checksum: 51039 2131acc598dbbe26f9b6f04c0a0d3f2b

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

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