CVE-2002-0048

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0048
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-02-27 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2016-10-18 02:15:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple signedness errors (mixed signed and unsigned numbers) in the I/O functions of rsync 2.4.6, 2.3.2, and other versions allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code in the rsync client or server.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.1 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.2 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.2_1.2 All alpha All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.2_1.2 All arm All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.2_1.2 All intel All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.2_1.2 All m68k All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.2_1.2 All ppc All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.2_1.2 All sparc All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.4.1 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.4.3 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.4.4 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.4.6 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.5.0_1 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.5.1 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.1 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.2 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.2_1.2 All alpha All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.2_1.2 All arm All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.2_1.2 All intel All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.2_1.2 All m68k All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.2_1.2 All ppc All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.3.2_1.2 All sparc All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.4.1 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.4.3 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.4.4 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.4.6 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.5.0_1 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.5.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ISS X-Force Database: linux-rsync-root-access (7993): Linux rsync NULL bytes could allow an attacker to execute arbitary code as root XF www.iss.net
'rsync-2.5.2 has security fix (was: Re: [RHSA-2002:018-05] New rsync packages available)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
SecurityFocus HOME Advisories: Security flaw in rsync HP online.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-106-2 rsync DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch
LinuxSecurity.com: EnGarde: rsync' vulnerability ENGARDE www.linuxsecurity.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#800635 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
'TSLSA-2002-0025 - rsync' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
404 | Caldera CALDERA www.caldera.com
SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SuSE Secu SUSE lists.suse.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
FreeBSD-SA-02:10 FREEBSD ftp.freebsd.org
MDKSA-2002:009 MANDRAKE www.linux-mandrake.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
rsync Signed Array Index Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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