#VU10307 Security restrictions bypass in Rsync - CVE-2018-5764
Published: January 25, 2018 / Updated: January 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10307
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5764
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Rsync
Rsync
Software vendor:
Samba
Samba
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security controls on the target system.
The weakness exists in the parse_arguments() function in 'options.c' due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send multiple '--protect-args' values and bypass the argument-sanitization protection mechanism.
The weakness exists in the parse_arguments() function in 'options.c' due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send multiple '--protect-args' values and bypass the argument-sanitization protection mechanism.
Remediation
Update to version 3.1.3.