SB2018012903 - Security restrictions bypass in Samba Rsync
Published: January 29, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018012903
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5764)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security controls on the target system.The weakness exists in the parse_arguments() function in 'options.c' due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send multiple '--protect-args' values and bypass the argument-sanitization protection mechanism.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.