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<glsa id="201605-04">
  <title>rsync: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in rsync, the worst of
    which could allow remote attackers to write arbitrary files.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild"/>
  <announced>2016-05-30</announced>
  <revised count="1">2016-05-30</revised>
  <bug>519108</bug>
  <bug>540000</bug>
  <bug>569140</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-misc/rsync" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.1.2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.1.2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>File transfer program to keep remote files into sync.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rsync. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>Remote attackers could write arbitrary files via symlink attacks.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All rsync users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/rsync-3.1.2"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8242">CVE-2014-8242</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9512">CVE-2014-9512</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-02-25T07:39:41Z">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-05-30T19:55:19Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>
