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rsync: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202501-01

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rsync, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages

Package net-misc/rsync on all architectures
Affected versions < 3.3.0-r2
Unaffected versions >= 3.3.0-r2

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-3.3.0-r2"

References

Release date
January 15, 2025

Latest revision
January 15, 2025: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

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