CVE-2018-5764

high-risk

Published 2018-01-17

The parse_arguments function in options.c in rsyncd in rsync before 3.1.3 does not prevent multiple --protect-args uses, which allows remote attackers to bypass an argument-sanitization protection mechanism.

Do I need to act?

10.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — higher than 90% of all CVEs

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.5/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (7)

Rsync

Debian Linux

Ubuntu Linux

Affected Vendors

Debian Samba Canonical

References (18)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102803

Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040276

Release Notes https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src-previews/rsync-3.1.3pre1-NEWS

https://git.samba.org/rsync.git/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7706303828fcde524222...

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00021.html

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00027.html

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00028.html

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-04

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3543-1/