vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2018-5764

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 17, 2018
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

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

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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