CVE-2006-2083

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2083
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-28 21:02:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-20 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the receive_xattr function in the extended attributes patch (xattr.c) for rsync before 2.6.8 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted extended attributes that trigger a buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.0 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.1 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.2 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.3 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.4 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.5 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.6 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.7 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.0 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.1 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.2 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.3 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.4 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.5 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.6 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.7 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Rsync "xattrs.diff" Patch Integer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
RSync Receive_XATTR Integer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Site not found (404) CONFIRM samba.anu.edu.au
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- rsync: Potential integer overflow GENTOO www.gentoo.org
2006-0024 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
Trustix updates for multiple packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for rsync SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-30Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of rsync distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
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