vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2018-5764: rsync: sanitization bypass in parse_argument in options.c

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 17, 2018
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

Description

The parse_arguments function in options.c in rsyncd in rsync before 3.1.3 does not prevent multiple --protect-args uses, which allows remote attackers to bypass an argument-sanitization protection mechanism.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
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