Upstream information

CVE-2007-4091 at MITRE

Description

Multiple off-by-one errors in the sender.c in rsync 2.6.9 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via directory names that are not properly handled when calling the f_name function.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 279866 [VERIFIED / FIXED], 294073 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • rsync >= 3.0.4-2.33.82
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA rsync-3.0.4-2.33.82
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • rsync >= 3.0.4-2.38.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA rsync-3.0.4-2.38.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • rsync >= 3.0.4-2.47.28
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA rsync-3.0.4-2.47.28
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • rsync >= 3.0.4-2.47.28
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA rsync-3.0.4-2.47.28
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0
  • rsync >= 3.2.7-3.8
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 GA rsync-3.2.7-3.8
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1
  • rsync >= 3.3.0-slfo.1.1_1.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 GA rsync-3.3.0-slfo.1.1_1.2
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • rsync >= 3.2.3-2.6
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11308

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 15:48:50 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:00 2025