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SSA-2004-285-01 rsync

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2004-285-01 rsync

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

New rsync 2.6.3 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1,
10.0, and -current to a fix security issue when rsync is run as
a non-chrooted server.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-792

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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