[Secure-testing-team] Bug#883667: rsync: CVE-2017-17433

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: rsync
Version: 3.1.2-2
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for rsync.

CVE-2017-17433[0]:
| 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.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17433
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17433
[1] https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git;a=commit;h=3e06d40029cfdce9d0f73d87cfd4edaf54be9c51

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore