SUSE-SU-2016:0176-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:0176-1

    Published: 20 Jan 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for rsync

    Details: This update for rsync fixes two security issues: - CVE-2014-8242: Checksum collisions leading to a denial of service (bsc#900914) - CVE-2014-9512: Malicious servers could send files outside of the transferred directory (bsc#915410)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20160176-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/900914, https://bugzilla.suse.com/915410, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8242, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9512

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rsync

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/rsync&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.0.4-2.49.1

    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