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Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7206-4 moderate: rsync regression fix

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Calendar Grey February 10, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7207-5 addresses critical vulnerabilities in ssh affecting Ubuntu 24.10 users, providing essential patches.
USN-7206-3 caused some regression in rsync.

Summary

USN-7206-3 caused some regression in rsync.

Software Description:

- rsync: fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool

Details:

USN-7206-3 fixed vulnerabilities in rsync for Ubuntu 24.10. The update

introduced a regression in rsync. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Simon Scannell, Pedro Gallegos, and Jasiel Spelman discovered that rsync

did not properly handle checksum lengths. An attacker could use this

issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-12084)

Simon Scannell, Pedro Gallegos, and Jasiel Spelman discovered that rsync

compared checksums with uninitialized memory. An attacker could exploit

this issue to leak sensitive information. (CVE-2024-12085)

Simon Scannell, Pedro Gallegos, and Jasiel Spelman discovered that rsync

incorrectly handled file checksums. A malicious server could use this

to expose arbitrary client files. (CVE-2024-12086)

Simon Scannel...

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Topics Covered

security advisory update bug fix Ubuntu rsync regression

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
   rsync                           3.3.0-1ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
After a standard system update you need to restart rsync daemons if
configured to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7206-4

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7206-3

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7206-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7206-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/2096914

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Topics Covered

security advisory update bug fix Ubuntu rsync regression

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/3.3.0-1ubuntu0.2

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