Fedora: rsync heap overflow vulnerability
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.
A heap overflow bug exists in rsync versions prior to 2.5.7. On
machines where the rsync server has been enabled, a remote attacker
could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as an unprivileged user.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2003-0962 to this issue.
- rebuild
* Wed Dec 03 2003 Bill Nottingham <notting@RedHat.com> 2.5.7-1
- update to 2.5.7
4e76615d1b2192be4c43d040b85ce67e SRPMS/rsync-2.5.7-2.src.rpm
1072294ffa8bbb37d760600093077348 i386/rsync-2.5.7-2.i386.rpm
fa5d5ca86e6af5c15153800274443f90 i386/debug/rsync-debuginfo-2.5.7-2.i386.rpm
This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.
FEDORA-2003-030 2003-12-04 Version : 2.5.7 Release : 2 Summary : A program for synchronizing files over a network. Description : 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. A heap overflow bug exists in rsync versions prior to 2.5.7. On machines where the rsync server has been enabled, a remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as an unprivileged user. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0962 to this issue. - rebuild * Wed Dec 03 2003 Bill Nottingham <notting@RedHat.com> 2.5.7-1 - update to 2.5.7 4e76615d1b2192be4c43d040b85ce67e SRPMS/rsync-2.5.7-2.src.rpm 1072294ffa8bbb37d760600093077348 i386/rsync-2.5.7-2.i386.rpm fa5d5ca86e6af5c15153800274443f90 i386/debug/rsync-debuginfo-2.5.7-2.i386.rpm This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.
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