CVE-2007-4091

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4091
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-16 00:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple off-by-one errors in the sender.c in rsync 2.6.9 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via directory names that are not properly handled when calling the f_name function.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-500-1: rsync vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1360-1 rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
rsync "f_name()" Off-By-One Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Slackware update for rsync - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1647 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
rPath update for rsync - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian update for rsync - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Trustix Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gmane -- Mail To News And Back Again af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 article.gmane.org
Gentoo update for rsync - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
C skills: CVE-2007-4091 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 c-skills.blogspot.com
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/500/sol15548.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.f5.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
Rsync F_Name Off-By-One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA61039 - F5 Multiple Products Rsync "f_name()" Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- rsync: Two buffer overflows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-08-22Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This flaw did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4 due to the version of rsync. This flaw does exist in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, but due to the nature of the flaw it is not exploitable with any security consequence due to stack-protector.
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