Slackware: 'rsync' Remote command execution
January 26, 2002
There exist several signedness bugs within the rsync ...
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New rsync packages are available to fix a security problem.
Here's the information from the Slackware 8.0 ChangeLog:
Fri Jan 25 14:25:51 PST 2002 patches/packages/rsync.tgz: Fixed a security hole by upgrading to rsync-2.4.8pre1. This is the relevant information from the rsync NEWS file:
SECURITY FIXES:
* Signedness security patch from Sebastian Krahmer <krahmer@suse.de> -- in some cases we were not sufficiently careful about reading integers from the network.
(* Security fix *)
We recommend that sites providing external rsync access upgrade to the fixed rsync package as soon as possible.
WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGE: ------------------------------ Updated rsync package for Slackware 8.0:
Updated rsync package for Slackware 7.1:
MD5 SIGNATURE: --------------
Here are the md5sums for the packages:
Slackware 8.0: 1e87ef764968bc9da53e38eadf8a7d22 rsync.tgz
Slackware 7.1: 294079e04b18dafddee820468aad3a16 rsync.tgz
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: --------------------------
Simply upgrade as root:
# upgradepkg rsync.tgz
Remember, it's also a good idea to backup configuration files before upgrading packages.
- Slackware Linux Security Team The Slackware Linux Project
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