CVE-2007-6199

2007-12-0100:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

9.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.025

Percentile

90.3%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/174133>

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	lowering priority as it is only for rsyncd while not running in chroot. This is a not-recommended, non-standard configuration. Above patch adds a configuration option to make this configuration ‘safer’.