<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201702-05"> <title>Lsyncd: Remote execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in Lsyncd allows execution of arbitrary code.</synopsis> <product type="ebuild">lsyncd</product> <announced>2017-02-10</announced> <revised count="1">2017-02-10</revised> <bug>529678</bug> <access>local, remote</access> <affected> <package name="app-admin/lsyncd" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.1.6</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.1.6</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>A daemon to synchronize local directories using rsync.</p> </background> <description> <p>default-rsyncssh.lua in Lsyncd performed insufficient sanitising of filenames. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>An attacker, able to control files processed by Lsyncd, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All Lsyncd users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/lsyncd-2.1.6" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8990">CVE-2014-8990</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-02-01T09:30:15Z">b-man</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-02-10T23:08:07Z">whissi</metadata> </glsa>