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HistoryJan 16, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3130-1 (lsyncd - security update)

2015-01-1600:00:00
Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
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It was discovered that lsyncd,
a daemon to synchronize local directories using rsync, performed insufficient
sanitising of filenames which might result in the execution of arbitrary
commands.

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3130.nasl 6609 2017-07-07 12:05:59Z cfischer $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3130-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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#


if(description)
{
    script_id(703130);
    script_version("$Revision: 6609 $");
    script_cve_id("CVE-2014-8990");
    script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3130-1 (lsyncd - security update)");
    script_tag(name: "last_modification", value: "$Date: 2017-07-07 14:05:59 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
    script_tag(name: "creation_date", value: "2015-01-16 00:00:00 +0100 (Fri, 16 Jan 2015)");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
    script_tag(name: "solution_type", value: "VendorFix");

    script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3130.html");


    script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

    script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
    script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
    script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
    script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
    script_tag(name: "affected",  value: "lsyncd on Debian Linux");
    script_tag(name: "insight",   value: "Lsyncd (Live syncing mirror daemon)
uses rsync to synchronize local directories with a remote machine running rsyncd.
Lsyncd watches multiple directories trees through inotify. The first step after
adding the watches is to rsync all directories with the remote host,
and then sync single file by collecting the inotify events. So lsyncd
is a light-weight live mirror solution that should be easy to install
and use while blending
well with your system.");
    script_tag(name: "solution",  value: "For the stable distribution (wheezy),
this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.7-3+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been
fixed in version 2.1.5-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.5-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your lsyncd packages.");
    script_tag(name: "summary",   value: "It was discovered that lsyncd,
a daemon to synchronize local directories using rsync, performed insufficient
sanitising of filenames which might result in the execution of arbitrary
commands.");
    script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.");
    script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
    exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"lsyncd", ver:"2.0.7-3+deb7u1", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}