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RHEL 8 : rsync (RHSA-2025:8395)

🗓️ 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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RHEL 8 has vulnerable rsync packages; CVE-2016-9840 involves out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic.

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#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
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if (description)
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  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/10/09");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9840");
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"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for rsync.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2025:8395 advisory.

    The rsync utility enables the users to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network.
    Synchronization with rsync is fast because rsync only sends the differences in files over the network
    instead of sending whole files. The rsync utility is also used as a mirroring tool.

    Security Fix(es):

    * zlib: Out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c (CVE-2016-9840)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and
    other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402345");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-9840");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(125);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Low");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/12/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/06/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/06/02");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10");
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  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "redhat_repos.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

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}


include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '8')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 8.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '8',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/aarch64/baseos/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/aarch64/baseos/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/s390x/baseos/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/s390x/baseos/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi8/8/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'rsync-3.1.3-23.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'rsync-daemon-3.1.3-23.el8_10', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var repo_relative_urls;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'rsync / rsync-daemon');
}

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09 Oct 2025 00:00Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
CVSS 26.8
CVSS 3.18.8
EPSS0.09831
4