CVE-2017-16548

Name	CVE-2017-16548
Description	The receive_xattr function in xattrs.c in rsync 3.1.2 and 3.1.3-development does not check for a trailing '\0' character in an xattr name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending crafted data to the daemon.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-1218-1, DSA-4068-1
Debian Bugs	880954

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
rsync (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	3.1.1-3+deb8u2	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	3.1.2-1+deb9u3	fixed
	buster	3.1.3-6	fixed
	bullseye	3.2.3-4+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	3.2.7-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	3.3.0-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
rsync	source	wheezy	3.0.9-4+deb7u1	DLA-1218-1
rsync	source	jessie	3.1.1-3+deb8u1	DSA-4068-1
rsync	source	stretch	3.1.2-1+deb9u1	DSA-4068-1
rsync	source	(unstable)	3.1.2-2.1		880954

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13112
https://git.samba.org/rsync.git/?p=rsync.git;a=commit;h=47a63d90e71d3e19e0e96052bb8c6b9cb140ecc1