Ubuntu Security Notice USN-600-1
11th April, 2008
rsync vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04
Software description
- rsync
Details
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that rsync could overflow when handling ACLs.
An attacker could construct a malicious set of files that when processed
by rsync could lead to arbitrary code execution or a crash.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 7.10:
- rsync 2.6.9-5ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 7.04:
- rsync 2.6.9-3ubuntu1.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.