MGASA-2015-0409

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    MGASA-2015-0409

    Published: 25 Oct 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated rsync packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Michael Samuel discovered that rsync was vulnerable to checksum collisions. This could prevent rsync from running and syncing files successfully, which could break various applications that use and rely on rsync (rhbz#1197601). The patched rsync will now operate in a way that is not vulnerable to this issue as long as both the rsync client and rsync server support the new 'C' option that has been added. This issue is similar to an issue in librsync which was fixed in MGASA-2015-0146.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0409.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16969

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rsync

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/rsync?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.1-5.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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