Debian DLA-1247-1 : rsync security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 106174

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was an injection vulnerability in the rsync file-copying tool.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in rsync version 3.0.9-4+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your rsync packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected rsync package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106174

File Name: debian_DLA-1247.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/19/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rsync

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5764

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