CVE-2017-8805 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Debian ftpsync before 20171017 does not use the rsync --safe-links option, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a crafted upstream mirror.

Published: 2017-10-17

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: 3.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Debian ftpsync before 20171017

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Debian ftpsync before 20171017`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:debian:ftpsync:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-17748	Debian ftpsync before 20171017 does not use the rsync --safe-links option, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a crafted upstream mirror.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03024.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/17/2
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/mirror/archvsync.git/commit/?id=d1ca2ab2210990b6dfb664cd6776a41b71c48016
https://lists.debian.org/debian-mirrors/2017/10/msg00017.html

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Ftpsync

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2017-10-17T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:21.804Z

Reserved: 2017-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8805

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-17T18:29:00.247

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:26:59.610

Link: CVE-2017-8805

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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