CVE-2007-6199

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-6199
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-01 06:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-16 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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
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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SOL15549 - Rsync vulnerability CVE-2007-6199 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.f5.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2008-07-31 Security Update 2008-005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
rsync Two Security Bypass Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA61005 - F5 Multiple Products Rsync chroot Security Bypass Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Mandriva update for rsync - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Rsync Bugs Let Users Bypass Chroot and Exclude/Filter Access Controls af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
rPath update for rsync - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories:rPSA-2007-0257 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Rsync Use Chroot Insecure File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rsync.samba.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 Hat2007-12-06Mark 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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