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Medium ALSA-2022:7793 1 CVE

Moderate: rsync security and enhancement update

Published Nov 8, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The rsync utility enables the users to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network. Synchronization with rsync is fast because rsync only sends the differences in files over the network instead of sending whole files. The rsync utility is also used as a mirroring tool.

Security Fix(es):

* zlib: heap-based buffer over-read and overflow in inflate() in inflate.c via a large gzip header extra field (CVE-2022-37434)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 rsync 3.1.3-19.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsync-daemon 3.1.3-19.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-37434
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2116639
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-7793.html