CVE-2007-6199 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2007-6199

rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon that...

Vulnerability Description

rsync before 3.0.0pre6, when running a writable rsync daemon that is not using chroot, allows remote attackers to access restricted files via unknown vectors that cause rsync to create a symlink that points outside of the module's hierarchy.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

rsync
Vulnerable Versions:
2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.2_1.2alpha, 2.3.2_1.2arm, 2.3.2_1.2intel, 2.3.2_1.2m68k, 2.3.2_1.2ppc, 2.3.2_1.2sparc, 2.3.2_1.3, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5, 2.4.6, 2.4.8, 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 2.5.6, 2.5.7, 2.6, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.6.7, 2.6.8, 2.6.9

Timeline

Official Publish: December 1st, 2007
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.