Description
rsync, when running in daemon mode, does not properly call setgroups before dropping privileges, which could provide supplemental group privileges to local users, who could then read certain files that would otherwise be disallowed.
References
- linux-rsync-inherit-privileges(8463) vdb-entry
- MDKSA-2002:024 vendor-advisory
- CSSA-2002-014.1 vendor-advisory
- 4285 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2002:026 vendor-advisory