USN-2879-1

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    USN-2879-1

    Published: 21 Jan 2016Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: rsync vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that rsync incorrectly handled invalid filenames. A malicious server could use this issue to write files outside of the intended destination directory.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2879-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9512

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rsync

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.0-2ubuntu0.2

    Affected versions

    3.0.9-4ubuntu1

    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