rsync: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202405-22

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rsync, the worst of which can lead to denial of service or information disclosure.

Affected packages

net-misc/rsync on all architectures
Affected versions < 3.2.5_pre1
Unaffected versions >= 3.2.5_pre1

Background

rsync is a server and client utility that provides fast incremental file transfers. It is used to efficiently synchronize files between hosts and is used by emerge to fetch Gentoo's Portage tree.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rsync. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All rsync users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/rsync-3.2.5_pre1"
 

References

Release date
May 08, 2024

Latest revision
May 08, 2024: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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