CVE-2003-0962

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0962
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-12-15 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-05-03 01:29:00 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

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 2.4.0 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
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 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
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
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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
RSync Daemon Mode Undisclosed Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'rsync security advisory (fwd)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for rsync SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Slackware update for rsync SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Trustix update for rsync SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - EnGarde update for rsync SECUNIA secunia.com
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
20031202-01-U SGI patches.sgi.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA secunia.com
'[OpenPKG-SA-2003.051] OpenPKG Security Advisory (rsync)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for rsync SECUNIA secunia.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for rsync SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - SuSE update for rsync SECUNIA secunia.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#325603 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Secunia - Advisories - rsync File Handling Integer Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com
'GLSA: exploitable heap overflow in rsync (200312-03)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
2898 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Secunia - Advisories - Mandrake update for rsync SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for rsync SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Immunix update for rsync SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Conectiva update for rsync SECUNIA secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - OpenPKG update for rsync SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'TSLSA-2003-0048 - rsync' - MARC TRUSTIX marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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