Critical severity · published Dec 6, 2017
CVE-2017-17434
The daemon in rsync 3.1.2, and 3.1.3-development before 2017-12-03, does not check for fnamecmp filenames in the daemon_filter_list data structure (in the recv_files function in…
9.8
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The daemon in rsync 3.1.2, and 3.1.3-development before 2017-12-03, does not check for fnamecmp filenames in the daemon_filter_list data structure (in the recv_files function in receiver.c) and also does not apply the sanitize_paths protection mechanism to pathnames found in "xname follows" strings (in the read_ndx_and_attrs function in rsync.c), which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
RS
Rsync · Samba
through 3.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17434
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17434
Third Party Advisory
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=170
git.samba.org
https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5509597decdbd7b91994210f700329d8a35e70a1
git.samba.org
https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70aeb5fddd1b2f8e143276f8d5a085db16c593b9
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4068
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