Mageia alert MGASA-2014-0179 (rsync)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2014-0179: Updated rsync package fixes security vulnerability 
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Thu, 17 Apr 2014 22:22:46 +0200
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MGASA-2014-0179 - Updated rsync package fixes security vulnerability

Publication date: 17 Apr 2014
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0179.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).

References:
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/1

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13214

- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2855


SRPMS:
- 4/core/rsync-3.1.0-4.2.mga4