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Unscored USN-3506-1 2 CVEs

rsync vulnerabilities

Published Dec 7, 2017 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that rsync proceeds with certain file metadata updates
before checking for a filename. An attacker could use this to bypass access
restrictions. (CVE-2017-17433)

It was discovered that rsync does not check for fnamecmp filenames and also
does not apply the sanitize_paths protection mechanism to pathnames. An attacker
could use this to bypass access restrictions. (CVE-2017-17434)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS rsync 3.1.0-2ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS rsync 3.1.1-3ubuntu1.1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17433
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17434