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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2022:6170-01 Important: rsync Access Risk

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Calendar Grey August 24, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial security patch for rsync in Red Hat Enterprise Linux addressing urgent vulnerabilities related to remote access capabilities.
An update for rsync is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The rsync utility enables the users to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network. Synchronization with rsync is fast because rsync only sends the differences in files over the network instead of sending whole files. The rsync utility is also used as a mirroring tool.
Security Fix(es):
* rsync: remote arbitrary files write inside the directories of connecting peers (CVE-2022-29154)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue remote access Red Hat Enterprise Linux rsync infrastructure security important update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29154 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9.x86_64.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.2-11.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9.x86_64.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.2-11.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9.src.rpm
ppc64: rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9.ppc64.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.2-11.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.2-11.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9.s390x.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.2-11.el7_9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9.x86_64.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.2-11.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: rsync-3.1.2-11.el7_9.x86_64.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.2-11.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:6170-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6170
Issue date: 2022-08-24

Topic

An update for rsync is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue remote access Red Hat Enterprise Linux rsync infrastructure security important update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2110928 - CVE-2022-29154 rsync: remote arbitrary files write inside the directories of connecting peers

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