[USN-7206-3] rsync vulnerabilities

[Sudhakar Verma]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7206-3
January 28, 2025

rsync vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.10

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in rsync.

Software Description:
- rsync: fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool

Details:

USN-7206-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.10.

Original advisory details:

  Simon Scannell, Pedro Gallegos, and Jasiel Spelman discovered that rsync
  did not properly handle checksum lengths. An attacker could use this
  issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-12084)

  Simon Scannell, Pedro Gallegos, and Jasiel Spelman discovered that rsync
  compared checksums with uninitialized memory. An attacker could exploit
  this issue to leak sensitive information. (CVE-2024-12085)

  Simon Scannell, Pedro Gallegos, and Jasiel Spelman discovered that rsync
  incorrectly handled file checksums. A malicious server could use this
  to expose arbitrary client files. (CVE-2024-12086)

  Simon Scannell, Pedro Gallegos, and Jasiel Spelman discovered that rsync
  mishandled symlinks for some settings. An attacker could exploit this
  to write files outside the intended directory. (CVE-2024-12087)

  Simon Scannell, Pedro Gallegos, and Jasiel Spelman discovered that rsync
  failed to verify symbolic link destinations for some settings. An
  attacker could exploit this for path traversal attacks. (CVE-2024-12088)

  Aleksei Gorban discovered a race condition in rsync's handling of
  symbolic links. An attacker could use this to access sensitive
  information or escalate privileges. (CVE-2024-12747)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
   rsync                           3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
After a standard system update you need to restart rsync daemons if
configured to make all the necessary changes.

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7206-3
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7206-2
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7206-1
   CVE-2024-12084, CVE-2024-12085, CVE-2024-12086, CVE-2024-12087,
   CVE-2024-12088, CVE-2024-12747

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1