Buffer overflow in rsync 2.6.9 to 3.0.1, with extended attribute (xattr) support enabled, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00247.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00237.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41766
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1215/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1191/references
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019835
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28726
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084
http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync-announce%40lists.samba.org/msg00057.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=591462&group_id=69227
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/29861
http://secunia.com/advisories/29856
http://secunia.com/advisories/29788
http://secunia.com/advisories/29781
http://secunia.com/advisories/29777
http://secunia.com/advisories/29770
http://secunia.com/advisories/29668
http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/security.html#s3_0_2
http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/security/rsync-3.0.1-xattr-alloc.diff
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html