Directory Traversal The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package rsync  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-RSYNC-10078626
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed20 Oct 2004
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Oct 2004

CVE-2004-0792  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal. Directory traversal vulnerability in the sanitize_path function in util.c for rsync 2.6.2 and earlier, when chroot is disabled, allows attackers to read or write certain files.

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