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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58579
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1360-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'rsync' package(s) announced via the DSA-1360-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'rsync' package(s) announced via the DSA-1360-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that 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.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem is not present.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.9-2etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your rsync package.

Affected Software/OS:
'rsync' package(s) on Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-4091
BugTraq ID: 25336
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25336
Bugtraq: 20070823 FLEA-2007-0047-1 rsync (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477628/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1360 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1360
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-13.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/26493
http://secunia.com/advisories/26518
http://secunia.com/advisories/26537
http://secunia.com/advisories/26543
http://secunia.com/advisories/26548
http://secunia.com/advisories/26634
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
http://secunia.com/advisories/26911
http://secunia.com/advisories/27896
http://secunia.com/advisories/61039
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.481089
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:017 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_17_sr.html
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-500-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2915
XForce ISS Database: rsync-fname-bo(36072)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36072
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