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ELSA-2011-0390 Moderate: Oracle Linux rsync security update

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ELSA-2011-0390 Moderate: Oracle Linux rsync security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/30/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

rsync 3.x before 3.0.8, when certain recursion, deletion, and ownership options are used, allows remote rsync servers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed data.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-rsync

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