Security update for rsync

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0172-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-5764 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2018-5764 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for rsync fixes one issues.

This security issue was fixed:

  • CVE-2018-5764: The parse_arguments function in options.c did not prevent multiple --protect-args uses, which allowed remote attackers to bypass an argument-sanitization protection mechanism (bsc#1076503)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-rsync-13428=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-rsync-13428=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • rsync-3.0.4-2.53.6.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • rsync-3.0.4-2.53.6.1

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