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Unscored USN-5921-1 1 CVE

rsync vulnerabilities

Published Mar 6, 2023 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Koen van Hove discovered that the rsync client incorrectly validated
filenames returned by servers. If a user or automated system were tricked
into connecting to a malicious server, a remote attacker could use this
issue to write arbitrary files, and possibly escalate privileges.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS rsync 3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.6
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS rsync 3.1.3-8ubuntu0.5
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS rsync 3.2.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-29154