CVE-2004-0792
Directory traversal vulnerability in the sanitize_path function in util.c for rsync 2.6.2 and earlier, when chroot is disabled, allows attackers to read or write certain files.
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the sanitize_path function in util.c for rsync 2.6.2 and earlier, when chroot is disabled, allows attackers to read or write certain files.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-08-18 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-08-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ab606c83798fb750e097142d3b0ea277c687d32774d29860ca75781032328749
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-538http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-538
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2004:083http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:083
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200408-17http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-17.xml
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10561https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10561
- www.trustix.net2004-0042http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0042/
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2004:026http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_26_rsync.html
- marc.info20040816 TSSA-2004-020-ES - rsynchttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109268147522290&w=2
- samba.orghttp://samba.org/rsync/#security_aug04
- marc.info20040817 LNSA-#2004-0017: rsync (Aug, 17 2004)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109277141223839&w=2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rsync Fixed in 2.6.2-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rsync Fixed in 2.6.2-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rsync Fixed in 2.6.2-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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