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Debian update for rsync
Secunia Advisory: SA29777
Release Date: 2008-04-11
Popularity: 3,522 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-1720


Description:
Debian has issued an update for rsync. This fixes a vulnerability, which can potentially be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA29668

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian 4.0 (stable) --

Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 566 6504d35182ed2141c8d7d2f8152d5fb7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 811841 996d8d8831dbca17910094e56dcb5942
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 51039 2131acc598dbbe26f9b6f04c0a0d3f2b

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat.../r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 294664 ea644ca8d37211ccbc1f8173e934d45a

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat.../r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 272046 0d9e9576b24a245265f9a98d15ce3b0b

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 282552 dd5e17e39eeaa712287d166e3346bd7d

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 261454 b68ddd05ba2a02f7a5f6bd9cc7807a2e

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 356986 df80d4332478c019d540b07ac16c235f

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 286532 21aeda2221c4b31c2f19296b58654222

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 287282 0c750c3cf7089ad7e7ea3d9d273df9b9

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat.../rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 275184 6d81a7a14422fd5bc7c89bd755320e80

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 278828 5300915466913e7832a3649ba701d49e

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat.../r/rsync/rsync_2.6.9-2etch2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 264144 885fc97a390e1db66290805c06e35947

-- Debian unstable (sid) --

Fixed in version 3.0.2-1.

Original Advisory:
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545

Other References:
SA29668:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29668/


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