Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in rsync, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.
| Package | net-misc/rsync on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 3.5.2 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 3.5.2 |
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.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rsync. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All rsync users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/rsync-3.5.2"