Vulnerability CVE-2006-2083
Published: 2006-04-28   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Integer overflow in the receive_xattr function in the extended attributes patch (xattr.c) for rsync before 2.6.8 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted extended attributes that trigger a buffer overflow.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Andrew tridgell -> Rsync 

 References:
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1606
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17788
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-05.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/20011
http://secunia.com/advisories/19964
http://secunia.com/advisories/19920
http://samba.anu.edu.au/ftp/rsync/rsync-2.6.8-NEWS
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26208
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