CVE-2017-17433
low
CVSS v3
3.7
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.7
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
47%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 8 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.1.2-2.1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.1.2-2.1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.1.2-2.1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.1.2-2.1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.1.2-2.1 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 3.1.3pre1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| samba | rsync | 3.1.2 | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-21
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=169
- https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e06d40029cfdce9d0f73d87cfd4edaf54be9c51
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00020.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4068
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1522874#c4
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17433.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17433
CWEs
CWE-862
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.