Secunia Security Advisory - Mandriva has issued an update for rsync. This fixes a vulnerability, which can potentially be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Mandriva update for rsync
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29770
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29770/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2007.0
http://secunia.com/product/12165/
DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for rsync. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can potentially be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service) or to compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA29668
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Mandriva Linux 2007
015dee0e8b724a60a702aac81194128b
2007.0/i586/rsync-2.6.9-5.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
da32538186f22095454d5fd905c43f18
2007.0/SRPMS/rsync-2.6.9-5.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64
6c40f172781c4b6e8e29afea66eceda5
2007.0/x86_64/rsync-2.6.9-5.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
da32538186f22095454d5fd905c43f18
2007.0/SRPMS/rsync-2.6.9-5.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29668:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29668/
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