CVE-2008-1720 Information

Description

Buffer overflow in rsync 2.6.9 to 3.0.1 with extended attribute (xattr) support enabled might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2 http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/security/rsync-3.0.1-xattr-alloc.diff http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/security.htmls3_0_2 http://secunia.com/advisories/29668 http://secunia.com/advisories/29770 http://secunia.com/advisories/29777 http://secunia.com/advisories/29781 http://secunia.com/advisories/29788 http://secunia.com/advisories/29856 http://secunia.com/advisories/29861 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=591462&group_id=69227 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545 http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync-announce@lists.samba.org/msg00057.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084 http://www.osvdb.org/44368 http://www.osvdb.org/44369 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28726 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019835 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1191/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1215/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41766 https://usn.ubuntu.com/600-1/ https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00237.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00247.html