CVE-2002-0048

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0048
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-02-27 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
LinuxSecurity.com: EnGarde: rsync' vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linuxsecurity.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:10.rsync.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.freebsd.org
404 | Caldera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.caldera.com
rsync Signed Array Index Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
'rsync-2.5.2 has security fix (was: Re: [RHSA-2002:018-05] New rsync packages available)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
SecurityFocus HOME Advisories: Security flaw in rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com
'TSLSA-2002-0025 - rsync' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#800635 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-106-2 rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SuSE Secu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.suse.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-009.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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