RHEL 5 : rsync (RHSA-2011:0999)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 55643

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0999 advisory.

- rsync excluded content access restrictions bypass via symlinks (CVE-2007-6200)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected rsync package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 55643

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0999.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/22/2011

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-6200

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsync, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6200

BID: 26639

RHSA: 2011:0999

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