__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN rsync Vulnerability [Debian Security Advisory DSA-1360-1] August 29, 2007 18:00 GMT Number R-335 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: rsync, a fast remote file copy program, contains an off-by-one error which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long directory names. PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch) DAMAGE: Remote execution of arbitrary code. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Might allow remote attackers to execute ASSESSMENT: arbitrary code via long directory names. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/r-335.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1360 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2007-4091 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start Debian Security Advisory DSA-1360-1 *****] Debian Security Advisory DSA-1360-1 rsync -- buffer overflow Date Reported: 28 Aug 2007 Affected Packages: rsync Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-4091. More information: Sebastian Krahmer discovered that rsync, a fast remote file copy program, contains an off-by-one error which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitary code via long directory names. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.9-2etch1. For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem is not presnt. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your rsync package. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9.orig.tar.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1.diff.gz alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_alpha.deb amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_amd64.deb arm architecture (ARM) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_arm.deb hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_hppa.deb i386 architecture (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_i386.deb ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_ia64.deb mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_mips.deb mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_mipsel.deb s390 architecture (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_s390.deb sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch1_sparc.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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