SUSE-SU-2018:0174-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:0174-1

    Published: 22 Jan 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5764
    Aliases:
    CVE-2018-5764

    Summary: Security update for rsync

    Details: This update for rsync fixes one issues. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-5764: The parse_arguments function in options.c did not prevent multiple --protect-args uses, which allowed remote attackers to bypass an argument-sanitization protection mechanism (bsc#1076503).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180174-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1076503, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5764

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rsync

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/rsync&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.0-13.10.1

    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