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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-2083: rsync: Potential integer overflow

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-2083: rsync: Potential integer overflow

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/28/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Integer overflow in the receive_xattr function in the extended attributes patch (xattr.c) for rsync before 2.6.8 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted extended attributes that trigger a buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-rsync

References

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