Bug 407161 (CVE-2007-6199) - CVE-2007-6199 When rsync is run w/o chroot, symlinks that point outside daemon's root can be created
Summary: CVE-2007-6199 When rsync is run w/o chroot, symlinks that point outside daemo...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2007-6199
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
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Reported: 2007-12-01 03:32 UTC by Lubomir Kundrak
Modified: 2021-11-12 19:46 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-12-05 17:52:17 UTC

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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.
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