USN-4292-1: rsync vulnerabilities

rsync vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 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 pointer arithmetic in zlib. An attacker could use this issue to cause rsync to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9840, CVE-2016-9841)

It was discovered that rsync incorrectly handled vectors involving left shifts of negative integers in zlib. An attacker could use this issue to cause rsync to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9842)

It was discovered that rsync incorrectly handled vectors involving big-endian CRC calculation in zlib. An attacker could use this issue to cause rsync to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9843)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

rsync - 3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

rsync - 3.1.1-3ubuntu1.3

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2016-9840
• CVE-2016-9841
• CVE-2016-9842
• CVE-2016-9843

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/3c5xp6D