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RedHat: RHSA-2022-6173-01 Important: rsync Remote File Write Risk

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Calendar Grey August 24, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical rsync security patch released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Comprehensive advisory containing necessary updates and technical specifics.
An update for rsync is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux security impact important advisory file synchronization rsync security remote arbitrary files write

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1):
Source: rsync-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2.src.rpm
aarch64: rsync-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2.aarch64.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2.aarch64.rpm rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2.aarch64.rpm
noarch: rsync-daemon-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: rsync-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2.ppc64le.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2.ppc64le.rpm rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: rsync-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2.s390x.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2.s390x.rpm rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2.s390x.rpm
x86_64: rsync-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2.x86_64.rpm rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2.x86_64.rpm rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-6.el8_1.2.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:6173-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6173
Issue date: 2022-08-24

Topic

An update for rsync is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1Update Services for SAP Solutions.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux security impact important advisory file synchronization rsync security remote arbitrary files write

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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