ALSA-2025:8395

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    ALSA-2025:8395

    Published: 2 Jun 2025Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2016-9840

    Summary: Low: rsync security update

    Details: The rsync utility enables the users to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network. Synchronization with rsync is fast because rsync only sends the differences in files over the network instead of sending whole files. The rsync utility is also used as a mirroring tool. Security Fix(es): * zlib: Out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c (CVE-2016-9840) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8395, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9840, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1402345, https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-8395.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rsync

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/rsync

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.3-23.el8_10

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High