Bug 61406 – rsync links statically with zlib

Bug 61406 - rsync links statically with zlib

Summary:	rsync links statically with zlib

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	rsync (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.2
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Bill Nottingham
QA Contact:	Aaron Brown
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Reported:	2002-03-19 05:14 EST by Henning Schmiedehausen
Modified:	2014-03-16 22:26 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2002-03-19 05:14:45 EST
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Description Henning Schmiedehausen 2002-03-19 05:14:41 EST

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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 10:59:44 EST

Um, that's *why* rsync was part of the zlib errata. It contains the fix.

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2002-03-19 11:41:25 EST

FWIW, rsync uses a specially modified version of zlib; that's why it doesn't
link against the system one.

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