CVE-2004-0426

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    CVE-2004-0426

    Published: 7 Jul 2004Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: rsync before 2.6.1 does not properly sanitize paths when running a read/write daemon without using chroot, which allows remote attackers to write files outside of the module's path.

    References: http://rsync.samba.org/, http://secunia.com/advisories/11514, http://secunia.com/advisories/11515, http://secunia.com/advisories/11523, http://secunia.com/advisories/11537, http://secunia.com/advisories/11583, http://secunia.com/advisories/11669, http://secunia.com/advisories/11688, http://secunia.com/advisories/11993, http://secunia.com/advisories/12054, http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-499, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:042, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-192.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-499, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-192.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108515912212018&w=2, http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-134.shtml, http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-212.shtml, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-10.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10247, http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.403462, http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2004/TSL-2004-0024-rsync.asc.txt, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16014, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9495, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A967

    Affected packages

    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