CVSS 3.0
3.7 lowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NCVE-2017-17433
The recv_files function in receiver.c in the daemon in rsync 3.1.2, and 3.1.3-development before 2017-12-03, proceeds with certain file metadata updates before checking for a filename in the daemon_filter_list data structure, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-862
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- samba:rsync
References
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=169
- https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e06d40029cfdce9d0f73d87cfd4edaf54be9c51
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00020.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4068
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1522874#c4