USN-5921-1

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    USN-5921-1

    Published: 6 Mar 2023Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: rsync vulnerabilities

    Details: Koen van Hove discovered that the rsync client incorrectly validated filenames returned by servers. If a user or automated system were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a remote attacker could use this issue to write arbitrary files, and possibly escalate privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5921-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-29154

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rsync

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.6

    Affected versions

    3.1.2-2
    3.1.2-2.1
    3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1
    3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.1
    3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.2
    3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.3
    3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.4
    3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.5

    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
    USN-5921-1 | CVE-DB