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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                ESB-2003.0840 -- OpenBSD Security Advisory
                  security hole in rsync 2.5.6 and below
                             05 December 2003

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:                rsync 2.5.6 and earlier
Publisher:              OpenBSD
Operating System:       OpenBSD
                        BSD
Impact:                 Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access Required:        Remote
CVE Names:              CAN-2003-0962

Ref:                    AL-2003.24
                        ESB-2003.0837

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A heap overflow exists in rsync versions 2.5.6 and below that can
be used by an attacker to run arbitrary code.  The bug only affects
rsync in server (daemon) mode and occurs *after* rsync has dropped
privileges.  By default, server will chroot(2) to the root of the
file tree being served which significantly mitigates the impact of
the bug.  Installations that disable this behavior by placing "use
chroot = no" in rsyncd.conf are vulnerable to attack.

Sites that do run rsync in server mode should update their rsync
package as soon as possible.  The rsync port has been updated in
the 3.3 and 3.4 -stable branches and a new binary package has been
built for OpenBSD 3.4/i386.  It can be downloaded from:

    ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.4/packages/i386/rsync-2.5.7.tgz

For more information on the bug, see:

    http://rsync.samba.org/

For more information on packages errata, see:

    http://www.openbsd.org/pkg-stable.html

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