CVE-2007-6199

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6199
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-01 06:46:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-15 21:50:00 UTC
Descriptionrsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon that is not using chroot, allows remote attackers to access restricted files via unknown vectors that cause rsync to create a symlink that points outside of the module's hierarchy.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-16

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.1 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2_1.2alpha All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2_1.2arm All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2_1.2intel All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2_1.2m68k All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2_1.2ppc All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2_1.2sparc All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2_1.3 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.4.0 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.4.1 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.4.3 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.4.4 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.4.5 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.4.6 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.4.8 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.0 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.1 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.2 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.3 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.4 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.5 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.6 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.7 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.1 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.2 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.5 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.6 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.7 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.8 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.9 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.1 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2_1.2alpha All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2_1.2arm All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2_1.2intel All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2_1.2m68k All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2_1.2ppc All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2_1.2sparc All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.3.2_1.3 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.4.0 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.4.1 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.4.3 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.4.4 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.4.5 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.4.6 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.4.8 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.0 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.1 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.2 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.3 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.4 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.5 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.6 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.5.7 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.1 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.2 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.5 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.6 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.7 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.8 All All All
Application Rsync Rsync 2.6.9 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 10.1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 10.2 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 12.0 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 10.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 10.1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 10.2 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 12.0 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:001 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Advisories | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Rsync Bugs Let Users Bypass Chroot and Exclude/Filter Access Controls SECTRACK securitytracker.com
rPath update for rsync - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Advisories:rPSA-2007-0257 - rPath Wiki CONFIRM wiki.rpath.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2008-07-31 Security Update 2008-005 APPLE lists.apple.com
rsync CONFIRM rsync.samba.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Mandriva update for rsync - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Rsync Use Chroot Insecure File Creation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
rsync Two Security Bypass Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SOL15549 - Rsync vulnerability CVE-2007-6199 CONFIRM support.f5.com
Security Advisory SA61005 - F5 Multiple Products Rsync chroot Security Bypass Vulnerability - Secunia 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 Hat2007-12-06Mark J CoxRed Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. Versions of rsync as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 and 5 behave as expected and that behavior was well documented.
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