OpenPKG Security Advisory

Publisher Name:          OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home:          http://openpkg.com/

Advisory Id (public):    OpenPKG-SA-2003.051
Advisory Type:           OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory:      http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document:       http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2003.051
Advisory Published:      2010-03-16 03:08 UTC

Issue Id (internal):     OpenPKG-SI-20031204.01
Issue First Created:     2003-12-04
Issue Last Modified:     2006-11-28
Issue Revision:          06


Subject Name:            Rsync
Subject Summary:         Remote Filesystem Synchronization
Subject Home:            http://rsync.samba.org/
Subject Versions:        * <= 2.5.6

Vulnerability Id:        CVE-2003-0962
Vulnerability Scope:     global (not OpenPKG specific)

Attack Feasibility:      run-time
Attack Vector:           remote network
Attack Impact:           arbitrary code execution

Description:
    According to a rsync security advisory [0], a heap overflow
    vulnerability exists in rsync [1] version 2.5.6 and earlier when used
    as a rsync server which typically listens on TCP port 873. An exploit
    is already known. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code
    execution in the run-time environment of the rsync server process. The
    attack is known to be considerably easier when the "use chroot = no"
    option is set in rsync.conf, which is not the default in OpenPKG.

References:
    [0] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=rsync-announce&m=107051741303720
    [1] http://rsync.samba.org/
    [2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0962
    [3] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
    [4] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary
    [5] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.2/UPD/rsync-2.5.5-1.2.1.src.rpm
    [6] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/rsync-2.5.6-1.3.1.src.rpm
    [7] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.2/UPD/
    [8] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/
    [9] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature


Primary Package Name:    rsync
Primary Package Home:    http://openpkg.org/go/package/rsync

Affected Distribution:   Affected Branch:  Affected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.2-SOLID         rsync-2.5.5-1.2.0
OpenPKG Community        1.3-SOLID         rsync-2.5.6-1.3.0
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           rsync-2.5.6-20030807

Corrected Distribution:  Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.2-SOLID         rsync-2.5.5-1.2.1
OpenPKG Community        1.3-SOLID         rsync-2.5.6-1.3.1
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           rsync-2.5.7-20031204