Bug 61406 - rsync links statically with zlib
Summary: rsync links statically with zlib
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rsync
Version: 6.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Aaron Brown
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-03-19 10:14 UTC by Henning Schmiedehausen
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:26 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-03-19 10:14:45 UTC
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Description Henning Schmiedehausen 2002-03-19 10:14:41 UTC 
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Description of problem:
The zlib-scanner from Florian Weimer shows

/tmp/scanner.pl /usr/bin/rsync 
/usr/bin/rsync: inflate version: "1.1.2 Copyright 1995-1998 Mark Adler"
/usr/bin/rsync: zlib cplens table, little endian
/usr/bin/rsync: zlib cplext table (version 1.0.5 to 1.1.4)

rpm -qf /usr/bin/rsync
rsync-2.4.6-3.6

which is the current release for RH 6.2

so this binary is vulnerable to the zlib problem 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rsync-2.4.6-3.6


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. get the zlib scanner
2. run it on /usr/bin/rsync
3.
	

Actual Results:  rsync is linked statically to zlib 

Expected Results:  should be linked to a non-vulnerable version 

Additional info:
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2002-03-19 15:59:44 UTC 
Um, that's *why* rsync was part of the zlib errata. It contains the fix.
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2002-03-19 16:41:25 UTC 
FWIW, rsync uses a specially modified version of zlib; that's why it doesn't
link against the system one.
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