Debian Security Advisory DSA 499-1                     security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                              Matt Zimmerman
May 1st, 2004                            Debian -- Debian security FAQ 
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Package        : rsync
Vulnerability  : directory traversal
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids        : CAN-2004-0426

A vulnerability was discovered in rsync, a file transfer program,
whereby a remote user could cause an rsync daemon to write files
outside of the intended directory tree.  This vulnerability is not
exploitable when the daemon is configured with the 'chroot' option.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 2.5.5-0.4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.1-1.

We recommend that you update your rsync package.

Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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  Source archives:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:      545 0fed3b4dd2f9af7290025be19e1c857c
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    92628 8a54fa60d3d4a050bf4cfdc95b8c5d22
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   415156 39d76c62684750842d3884a77c2e5466

  Alpha architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   227628 5668aa1a623d5c0d53ccf37c82b71d1a

  ARM architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   206512 5204b76ce970ccd8cf0e8a1f567f96f3

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   194786 5a5c172e1700f94050cd9b11482861d8

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   255628 3b60b6bc0e1da13e2c4493cd78a491e1

  HP Precision architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   214348 9da904db73db2bcefd2ae25007b98aae

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   189922 5f0411188ec094bac68137aa2b8e417a

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   216412 3368becc135ffc352c9719dc46c61450

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   216684 4a8fb2f0cc43be8a7a2344f3532bc4bf

  PowerPC architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   205786 231616adb4aea21364c882a646f4f281

  IBM S/390 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   205022 9f60cc3ca300ffd88e984759a900bb08

  Sun Sparc architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   205462 cad9cffdcab71bb2b5d5390d4fc2677e

  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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