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Gentoo: GLSA-202007-54 Normal: rsync Denial Of Service Alert

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Calendar Grey July 28, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Numerous security flaws identified in rsync may result in Denial of Service; update to the newest version to address.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in rsync, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rsync (within bundled zlib). Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo software upgrade multiple issues rsync normal severity

Resolution

All rsync users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/rsync-3.2.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-9840 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9840 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-9841 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9841 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-9842 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9842 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-9843 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9843

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-54
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: rsync: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 28, 2020
Bugs: #728852
ID: 202007-54

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo software upgrade multiple issues rsync normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in rsync, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

File transfer program to keep remote files into sync.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/rsync < 3.2.0 >= 3.2.0

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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