vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2017-16548)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 6, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 6, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
The receive_xattr function in xattrs.c in rsync 3.1.2 and 3.1.3-development does not check for a trailing '\0' character in an xattr name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending crafted data to the daemon.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-16548
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-16548
- URL-https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13112
- URL-https://git.samba.org/rsync.git/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47a63d90e71d3e19e0e96052bb8c6b9cb140ecc1
- URL-https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00020.html
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-21
- URL-https://usn.ubuntu.com/3543-1/
- URL-https://usn.ubuntu.com/3543-2/
- URL-https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4068
- CWE-125
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