CVE-2004-0426

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0426
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-07-07 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionrsync before 2.6.1 does not properly sanitize paths when running a read/write daemon without using chroot, which allows remote attackers to write files outside of the module's path.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
O-212: Apple Security Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
Secunia - Advisories - Mandrake update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
O-134: 'rsync' Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rsync.samba.org Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Trustix update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - OpenPKG update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
RSync Configured Module Path Escaping Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Slackware update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2004/TSL-2004-0024-rsync.asc.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.net
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- rsync: Directory traversal in rsync daemon af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.slackware.org
Secunia - Advisories - rsync Allows Writing Files Outside the Intended Directory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-499-2 rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
'[OpenPKG-SA-2004.025] OpenPKG Security Advisory (rsync)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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