CVE-2002-0080

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0080
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-03-15 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionrsync, when running in daemon mode, does not properly call setgroups before dropping privileges, which could provide supplemental group privileges to local users, who could then read certain files that would otherwise be disallowed.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-269 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.2 All All All
Application Samba Rsync All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
RSync Daemon Mode Supplementary Group Privilege Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
404 | Caldera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.caldera.com Broken Link
ISS X-Force Database: linux-rsync-inherit-privileges (8463): Linux rsync fails to drop privileges for supplementary groups in daemon mode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Broken Link
www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-024.php3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900285 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for rsync 3.1.3

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