USN-5921-1: rsync vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Description

Koen van Hove discovered that the rsync client incorrectly validated filenames returned by servers. If a user or automated system were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a remote attacker could use this issue to write arbitrary files, and possibly excalate privileges. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5921-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: rsync – 3.1.3-8ubuntu0.5 No subscription required

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-29154.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Bionic Stemcells
  • 1.x versions prior to 1.181
  • All other stemcells not listed.
• cflinuxfs3
  • All versions prior to 0.355.0
• cflinuxfs4
  • All versions prior to 0.71.0
• Jammy Stemcells
  • 1.x versions prior to 1.93
  • All other stemcells not listed.
• CF Deployment
  • All versions prior to 27.0.0, or later versions with Bionic Stemcells prior to 1.181 or Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.93

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below.

The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

• Bionic Stemcells
  • Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.181 or greater
  • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
• cflinuxfs3
  • Upgrade all versions to 0.355.0 or greater
• cflinuxfs4
  • Upgrade all versions to 0.71.0 or greater
• Jammy Stemcells
  • Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.93 or greater
  • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
• CF Deployment
  • Upgrade all versions to 27.0.0 or greater, upgrade Bionic Stemcells to 1.181 or greater, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.93 or greater

History

2023-03-23: Initial vulnerability report published.