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CVE-2017-17434 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=170 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5509597decdbd7b91994210f700329d8a35e70a1 CVE, MITRE
https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=70aeb5fddd1b2f8e143276f8d5a085db16c593b9 CVE, MITRE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00020.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4068 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-17434
NVD Published Date:
12/05/2017
NVD Last Modified:
04/19/2025
Source:
MITRE