[ MDVSA-2015:131 ] rsync

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2015:131
 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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 Package : rsync
 Date    : March 29, 2015
 Affected: Business Server 2.0
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 Problem Description:

 Updated rsync package fixes security vulnerability:

 Ryan Finnie discovered that rsync 3.1.0 contains a denial of service
 issue when attempting to authenticate using a nonexistent username. A
 remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service via
 CPU consumption (CVE-2014-2855).

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 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2855
 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0065.html
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 Updated Packages:

 Mandriva Business Server 2/X86_64:
 f5668fb3bd09802d3a089155a9ff622f  mbs2/x86_64/rsync-3.1.0-5.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
 a6d3db7fb7c0ecf466194bbbc1b91ab5  mbs2/SRPMS/rsync-3.1.0-5.1.mbs2.src.rpm
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