USN-3543-1: rsync vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3543-1

23rd January, 2018

rsync vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

• Ubuntu 17.10



• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS



• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in rsync.

Software description

• rsync
  - fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool
  
  

Details

It was discovered that rsync incorrectly handled certain data input.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. ()

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 17.10:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
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CVE-2018-5764