rsync -- path sanitizing vulnerability

Description:

An rsync security advisory reports:

There is a path-sanitizing bug that affects daemon mode in all recent rsync versions (including 2.6.2) but only if chroot is disabled.

The bug may allow a remote user to access files outside of an rsync module's configured path with the privileges configured for that module.

References:

• CVE name CVE-2004-0792
• URL: <http://samba.org/rsync/#security_aug04>
• List post: <http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync-announce/2004/000017.html>
• URL: <http://secunia.com/advisories/12294>
• URL: <http://www.osvdb.org/8829>

Affects:

• rsync <2.6.2_2

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