Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 14.04

Description

It was discovered that rsync incorrectly handled certain data input. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-16548)

It was discovered that rsync incorrectly parsed certain arguments. An attacker could possibly use this to bypass arguments and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5764)

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Cloud Foundry BOSH stemcells are vulnerable, including:
  • 3363.x versions prior to 3363.49
  • 3421.x versions prior to 3421.39
  • 3445.x versions prior to 3445.25
  • 3468.x versions prior to 3468.22
  • All other stemcells not listed.

Mitigation

OSS users are strongly encouraged to follow one of the mitigations below:

• The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following BOSH stemcells:
  • Upgrade 3363.x versions to 3363.49
  • Upgrade 3421.x versions to 3421.39
  • Upgrade 3445.x versions to 3445.25
  • Upgrade 3468.x versions to 3468.22
  • All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.

References

• USN-3543-1
• CVE-2017-16548
• CVE-2018-5764