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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2083

Original release date:04/28/2006

Last revised:03/08/2011

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Integer overflow in the receive_xattr function in the extended attributes patch (xattr.c) for rsync before 2.6.8 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted extended attributes that trigger a buffer overflow.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:7.5 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 6.4

Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/30/2006)

Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of rsync distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-1606

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1606

External Source: TRUSTIX

Name: 2006-0024

Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024

External Source: BID

Name: 17788

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17788

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200605-05

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-05.xml