Mandriva, Inc. Information for VU#325603

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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE   : rsync
SUMMARY   : Fix for remote vulnerability
DATE      : 2003-12-04 18:46:00
ID        : CLA-2003:794
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 8, 9

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DESCRIPTION
"rsync"[1] is a program used mainly to mirror files between remote
sites.

rsync versions prior to 2.5.7 have a heap buffer overflow
vulnerability[2] which can be exploited by remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code.

This vulnerability specially affects installations where rsync is
used as a server/daemon, that is, where it was started with the
--daemon command line argument.

A new rsync version, 2.5.7, was released by the authors to address
this vulnerability.


SOLUTION
It is recommended that all rsync users upgrade their packages.

IMPORTANT: after the update, the rsync server must be restarted
manually if it was already running.


REFERENCES
1. http://rsync.samba.org/
2. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0962


UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.7-5U80_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/rsync-2.5.7-5U80_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.7-13508U90_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/RPMS/rsync-2.5.7-13508U90_1cl.i386.rpm


ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

 - run:                 apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

 Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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