National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-6200
Original release date:12/01/2007
Last revised:09/11/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Unspecified vulnerability in rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon, allows remote attackers to bypass exclude, exclude_from, and filter and read or write hidden files via (1) symlink, (2) partial-dir, (3) backup-dir, and unspecified (4) dest options.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (12/06/2007)
-
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-6200
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to nvd@nist.gov.
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27863
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 26639
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2268
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1019012
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31326
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://rsync.samba.org/security.html#s3_0_0
Type: Advisory
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-07-31
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080212 FLEA-2008-0004-1 rsync
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:011
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-4057
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0257
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28457
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28412
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27853
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:001