CVE-2014-9512

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-12-21
CWE:
CWE-22
Bugzilla:
1293854: CVE-2014-9512 rsync: Transferring file outside destination path via just-sent symlink
It was discovered that rsync did not properly perform sanity checks on certain meta-information. By sending specially crafted meta-information, a remote attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to cause an rsync endpoint to write data to files outside of the expected destination path.

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CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 rsync Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 rsync Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 rsync Will not fix

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