{"cve":"CVE-2017-17434","nvd":{"published":"2017-12-06T03:29:00.267","modified":"2026-06-17T01:10:47.817","status":"Modified","description":"The daemon in rsync 3.1.2, and 3.1.3-development before 2017-12-03, does not check for fnamecmp filenames in the daemon_filter_list data structure (in the recv_files function in receiver.c) and also does not apply the sanitize_paths protection mechanism to pathnames found in \"xname follows\" strings (in the read_ndx_and_attrs function in rsync.c), which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":[],"references":["http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=170","https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5509597decdbd7b91994210f700329d8a35e70a1","https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70aeb5fddd1b2f8e143276f8d5a085db16c593b9","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00020.html","https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4068"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","samba:rsync"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:47:01.408438353+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-17434","score":0.03271,"percentile":0.88409,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}