Mageia alert MGASA-2015-0065 (rsync)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2015-0065: Updated rsync package fixes security vulnerability 
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Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:57:41 +0100
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MGASA-2015-0065 - Updated rsync package fixes security vulnerability

Publication date: 15 Feb 2015
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0065.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 4
CVE: CVE-2014-2855

Description:
Updated rsync package fixes security vulnerability:

Ryan Finnie discovered that rsync 3.1.0 contains a denial of service issue
when attempting to authenticate using a nonexistent username. A remote
attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service via CPU consumption
(CVE-2014-2855).

The previous update for this issue in MGASA-2014-0179 failed to properly apply
the needed patch, so the package has been rebuilt to address this issue.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13214
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/1
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0179.html
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2855

SRPMS:
- 4/core/rsync-3.1.0-4.3.mga4