CVE-2017-15994
rsync 3.1.3-development before 2017-10-24 mishandles archaic checksums, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. NOTE: the rsync development branch has
02 Description
rsync 3.1.3-development before 2017-10-24 mishandles archaic checksums, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. NOTE: the rsync development branch has
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
- 1.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 62.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2017-10-29 06:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 20:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-10-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bea358f1e630ad0dd67baf522daf4229b513711f3a97c8c5168a01d9ef56d796
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.samba.orghttps://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b8a4ecd6ff9cdf4e5d3850ebf822f1e989255b3
- git.samba.orghttps://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c252546ceeb0925eb8a4061315e3ff0a8c55b48b
- git.samba.orghttps://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9a480deec4d20277d8e20bc55515ef0640ca1e55
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- rsync Fixed in 3.1.3pre1-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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