CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-5764

Published: Jan 17, 2018 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The parse_arguments function in options.c in rsyncd in rsync before 3.1.3 does not prevent multiple –protect-args uses, which allows remote attackers to bypass an argument-sanitization protection mechanism.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Rsync Samba * 3.1.3 (excluding)
Rsync Ubuntu artful *
Rsync Ubuntu devel *
Rsync Ubuntu trusty *
Rsync Ubuntu xenial *

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