CVE-2018-5764

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-5764
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-17 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:58:00 UTC
DescriptionThe parse_arguments function in options.c in rsyncd in rsync before 3.1.3 does not prevent multiple --protect-args uses, which allows remote attackers to bypass an argument-sanitization protection mechanism.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Samba Rsync All All All All
Application Samba Rsync All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Site not found (404) CONFIRM download.samba.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
USN-3543-1: rsync vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1247-1] rsync security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
git.samba.org - rsync.git/commit CONFIRM git.samba.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
git.samba.org - rsync.git/commit git.samba.org
rsync 'options.c' Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] [DLA 2833-1] rsync security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Rsync parse_arguments() Lets Remote Users Bypass Argument Sanitization Restrictions on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
rsync: Arbitrary command execution (GLSA 201805-04) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1725-1] rsync security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178925 Debian Security Update for rsync (DLA 2833-1)
  • 710262 Gentoo Linux rsync Arbitrary command execution Vulnerability (GLSA 201805-04)
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