Debian DSA-3130-1 : lsyncd - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 80574

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that lsyncd, a daemon to synchronize local directories using rsync, performed insufficient sanitising of filenames which might result in the execution of arbitrary commands.

Solution

Upgrade the lsyncd packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.7-3+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.5-2.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/lsyncd

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3130

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80574

File Name: debian_DSA-3130.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8990

BID: 71179

DSA: 3130