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Unscored USN-2879-1 1 CVE

rsync vulnerability

Published Jan 21, 2016 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that rsync incorrectly handled invalid filenames. A
malicious server could use this issue to write files outside of the
intended destination directory.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS rsync 3.1.0-2ubuntu0.2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —

    rsync 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the synchronization p…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9512