CVE-2003-0962

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0962
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-12-15 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in rsync before 2.5.7, when running in server mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and possibly escape the chroot jail.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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 2.4.0 All All 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 2.4.5 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.4.6 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.4.8 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.5.0 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.5.1 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.5.2 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.5.3 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.5.4 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.5.5 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.5.6 All All All
Operating System Engardelinux Secure Community 1.0.1 All All All
Operating System Engardelinux Secure Community 2.0 All All All
Operating System Engardelinux Secure Linux 1.1 All professional All
Operating System Engardelinux Secure Linux 1.2 All professional All
Operating System Engardelinux Secure Linux 1.5 All professional All
Application Redhat Rsync 2.4.6-2 All i386 All
Application Redhat Rsync 2.4.6-5 All i386 All
Application Redhat Rsync 2.4.6-5 All ia64 All
Application Redhat Rsync 2.5.4-2 All i386 All
Application Redhat Rsync 2.5.5-1 All i386 All
Application Redhat Rsync 2.5.5-4 All i386 All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 8.1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 9.1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux current All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'GLSA: exploitable heap overflow in rsync (200312-03)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'rsync security advisory (fwd)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - EnGarde update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20031202-01-U af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Slackware update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - SuSE update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'TSLSA-2003-0048 - rsync' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - Immunix update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Conectiva update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - rsync File Handling Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'[OpenPKG-SA-2003.051] OpenPKG Security Advisory (rsync)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
RSync Daemon Mode Undisclosed Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/2898 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Secunia - Advisories - Trustix update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandrake update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#325603 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Secunia - Advisories - OpenPKG update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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