Directory traversal vulnerability in the sanitize_path function in util.c for rsync 2.6.2 and earlier, when chroot is disabled, allows attackers to read or write certain files.
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10561
http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0042/
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_26_rsync.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:083
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-17.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-538
http://samba.org/rsync/#security_aug04