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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202007-54 ] rsync: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:39:36
Message-Id: 8FCBC660-B405-49FF-A201-8E0A34543825@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202007-54
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: rsync: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: July 28, 2020
10 Bugs: #728852
11 ID: 202007-54
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in rsync, the worst of which
19 could result in a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 File transfer program to keep remote files into sync.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-misc/rsync < 3.2.0 >= 3.2.0
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rsync (within bundled
38 zlib). Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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45 Workaround
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48 There is no known workaround at this time.
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50 Resolution
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53 All rsync users should upgrade to the latest version:
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55 # emerge --sync
56 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/rsync-3.2.0"
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58 References
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61 [ 1 ] CVE-2016-9840
62 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9840
63 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-9841
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9841
65 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-9842
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9842
67 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-9843
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9843
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-54
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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