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openSUSE Security Update : rsync (openSUSE-2016-764)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91865

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

rsync was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2014-9512: rsync allowed remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the synchronization path (boo#915410).

Solution

Update the affected rsync packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=915410

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91865

File Name: openSUSE-2016-764.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/28/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rsync-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rsync, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rsync-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9512