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6.9 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 4.0
  • Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
  • Attack Requirement (AT): None (N)
  • Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
  • User Interaction (UI): None (N)
  • Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC): None (N)
  • Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI): Low (L)
  • Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA): None (N)
  • Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC): None (N)
  • Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI): None (N)
  • Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA): None (N)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
  • Modified Attack Requirement (MAT): None (N)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
  • Modified Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (MVC): None (N)
  • Modified Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (MVI): Low (L)
  • Modified Vulnerable System Impact Availability (MVA): None (N)
  • Modified Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (MSC): Negligible (N)
  • Modified Subsequent System Impact Integrity (MSI): Negligible (N)
  • Modified Subsequent System Impact Availability (MSA): Negligible (N)
  • Safety (S): Not Defined (X)
  • Automatable (AU): Not Defined (X)
  • Recovery (R): Not Defined (X)
  • Value Density (V): Not Defined (X)
  • Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Not Defined (X)
  • Provider Urgency (U): Not Defined (X)
  • Confidentiality Req. (CR): Not Defined (X)
  • Integrity Req. (IR): Not Defined (X)
  • Availability Req. (AR): Not Defined (X)
  • Exploit Maturity (E): Not Defined (X)
created 2 weeks, 2 days ago Activity log
  • Created suggestion 2 weeks, 2 days ago
rsync < 3.5.0 Privilege Confusion via name-converter uid/gid mapping

rsync tbefore 3.5.0 contains a privilege confusion vulnerability in the name-converter subprocess uid/gid mapping that allows local attackers to cause transferred files to be owned by root by influencing name-converter responses to return empty values. When the name-converter subprocess returns an empty response for a uid or gid lookup, rsync incorrectly interprets it as a successful resolution to uid/gid 0 (root) rather than a lookup failure, and if the name-converter also signals fake super-user status, rsync proceeds with root ownership assignments for transferred files.

Affected products

rsync
  • =<3.4.4
  • ==3.5.0

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pkgs.rsync

Fast incremental file transfer utility

pkgs.grsync

Synchronize folders, files and make backups

pkgs.rrsync

Helper to run rsync-only environments from ssh-logins

pkgs.rsyncy

Progress bar wrapper for rsync

pkgs.btrsync

Btrfs replication made easy

  • nixos-unstable 0.3
    • nixpkgs-unstable 0.3
    • nixos-unstable-small 0.3
  • nixos-26.05 0.3
    • nixos-26.05-small 0.3
    • nixpkgs-26.05-darwin 0.3

pkgs.parsync

Tool to parallel rsync-like pull sync over SSH

pkgs.librsync

Implementation of the rsync remote-delta algorithm

pkgs.diskrsync

Rsync for block devices and disk images

pkgs.lazyrsync

Terminal UI for rsync with profiles, dry-run preview and live progress

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    • nixos-unstable-small 0.2.0

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