CVE-2006-2083 Information

Description

Integer overflow in the receive_xattr function in the extended attributes patch (xattr.c) for rsync before 2.6.8 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted extended attributes that trigger a buffer overflow.

Reference

http://samba.anu.edu.au/ftp/rsync/rsync-2.6.8-NEWS http://secunia.com/advisories/19920 http://secunia.com/advisories/19964 http://secunia.com/advisories/20011 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-05.xml http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17788 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1606 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26208