glsa-201805-04.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201805-04">
  <title>rsync: Arbitrary command execution</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in rsync might allow remote attackers to execute
    arbitrary commands.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">rsync</product>
  <announced>2018-05-08</announced>
  <revised count="1">2018-05-08</revised>
  <bug>646818</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-misc/rsync" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.1.3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.1.3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>File transfer program to keep remote files into sync.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A vulnerability was discovered in rsync’s parse_arguments function in
      options.c.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>Remote attackers could possibly execute arbitrary commands with the
      privilege of the process.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All rsync users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/rsync-3.1.3"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5764">CVE-2018-5764</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-05-03T08:10:23Z">Zlogene</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-05-08T15:27:34Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>