FKIE_CVE-2003-0962
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2003-12-15 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:03
Severity
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in rsync before 2.5.7, when running in server mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and possibly escape the chroot jail.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.3.1 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.3.2 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.4.0 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.4.1 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.4.3 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.4.4 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.4.5 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.4.6 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.4.8 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.5.0 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.5.1 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.5.2 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.5.3 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.5.4 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.5.5 | |
| andrew_tridgell | rsync | 2.5.6 | |
| redhat | rsync | 2.4.6-2 | |
| redhat | rsync | 2.4.6-5 | |
| redhat | rsync | 2.4.6-5 | |
| redhat | rsync | 2.5.4-2 | |
| redhat | rsync | 2.5.5-1 | |
| redhat | rsync | 2.5.5-4 | |
| engardelinux | secure_community | 1.0.1 | |
| engardelinux | secure_community | 2.0 | |
| engardelinux | secure_linux | 1.1 | |
| engardelinux | secure_linux | 1.2 | |
| engardelinux | secure_linux | 1.5 | |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 8.1 | |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 9.0 | |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 9.1 | |
| slackware | slackware_linux | current |
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