Bug 407161 (CVE-2007-6199)

Summary:	CVE-2007-6199 When rsync is run w/o chroot, symlinks that point outside daemon's root can be created
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Lubomir Kundrak <lkundrak>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	ssorce
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OS:	Linux
URL:	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-6199
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Description Lubomir Kundrak 2007-12-01 03:32:38 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2007-6199 to the following vulnerability:

rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon that is not using chroot, allows remote attackers to access restricted files via unknown vectors that cause rsync to create a symlink that points outside of the module's hierarchy.

References:

http://rsync.samba.org/security.html#s3_0_0
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26638
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019012
http://secunia.com/advisories/27863

Comment 1 Lubomir Kundrak 2007-12-05 17:52:17 UTC

Red Hat does not consider this a security issue.  Versions of rsync as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 and 5 behave as expected and that
behavior was well documented.  This is a feature enhancement that allows more
fine grained control over creating symbolic links in writable rsync modules.