National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-6199

Overview

rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon that is not using chroot, allows remote attackers to access restricted files via unknown vectors that cause rsync to create a symlink that points outside of the module's hierarchy.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (12/06/2007)

Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. Versions of rsync as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 and 5 behave as expected and that behavior was well documented.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: BID

Name: 26638

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26638

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2268

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2268

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1019012

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1019012

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31326

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31326

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27863

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27863

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://rsync.samba.org/security.html#s3_0_0

Hyperlink:http://rsync.samba.org/security.html#s3_0_0

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-07-31

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080212 FLEA-2008-0004-1 rsync

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/487991/100/0/threaded

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:011

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:011

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-4057

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/4057

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0257

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0257

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28457

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28457

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28412

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28412

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27853

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27853

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2008:001

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html