CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5764
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-01-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Description
The parse_arguments function in options.c in rsyncd in rsync before 3.1.3 does not prevent multiple --protect-args uses, which allows remote attackers to bypass an argument-sanitization protection mechanism.
Affected configurations
• samba rsync (< 3.1.3)
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102803 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040276 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-previews/rsync-3.1.3pre1-NEWS Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.samba.org/rsync.git/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7706303828fcde524222babb2833864a4bd09e07 git.samba.org
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00027.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00028.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-04 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3543-1/ Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102803 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040276 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-previews/rsync-3.1.3pre1-NEWS Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.samba.org/rsync.git/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7706303828fcde524222babb2833864a4bd09e07 git.samba.org
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00027.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00028.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-04 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3543-1/ Third Party Advisory