CVE-2017-17433

LowCVSS 3.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The recv_files function in receiver.c in the daemon in rsync 3.1.2, and 3.1.3-development before 2017-12-03, proceeds with certain file metadata updates before checking for a filename in the daemon_filter_list data structure, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 3.7/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-862

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=169Third Party Advisory
https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e06d40029cfdce9d0f73d87cfd4edaf54be9c51
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00020.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4068Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1522874#c4Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=169Third Party Advisory
https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e06d40029cfdce9d0f73d87cfd4edaf54be9c51
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00020.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4068Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 6, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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