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Fedora 22: FEDORA-2016-4a21ce89d3 Moderate: Rsync Symlink Threat

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Calendar Grey January 22, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora releases patch for Rsync tackling file transfer problems linked to symlink exploits. Discover further details here.
Security fix for rsync - Transferring file outside destination path via just- sent symlink

Summary

Rsync uses a reliable algorithm to bring remote and host files into

sync very quickly. Rsync is fast because it just sends the differences

in the files over the network instead of sending the complete

files. Rsync is often used as a very powerful mirroring process or

just as a more capable replacement for the rcp command. A technical

report which describes the rsync algorithm is included in this

package.

Update Information:

Security fix for rsync - Transferring file outside destination path via just- sent symlink

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora threat rsync file transfer symlink

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1293854 - rsync: Transferring file outside destination path via just-sent symlink https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1293854

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update rsync' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Name: rsync
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 3.1.1
Release: 7.fc22
URL:
Summary: A program for synchronizing files over a network

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora threat rsync file transfer symlink

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