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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-13.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-13.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..93c764a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-13.xml @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200709-13"> + <title>rsync: Two buffer overflows</title> + <synopsis> + Two user-assisted buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been discovered in + rsync. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">rsync</product> + <announced>September 20, 2007</announced> + <revised>September 20, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>189132</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-misc/rsync" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.6.9-r3</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.6.9-r3</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + rsync is a file transfer program to keep remote directories + synchronized. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Sebastian Krahmer from the SUSE Security Team discovered two off-by-one + errors in the function "f_name()" in file sender.c when processing + overly long directory names. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could entice a user to synchronize a repository + containing specially crafted directories, leading to the execution of + arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All rsync users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/rsync-2.6.9-r3"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4091">CVE-2007-4091</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:30:02 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:00:07 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:04:37 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |