CVE-2017-8805

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Published Oct 17, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 9.1 Critical EPSS 3.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

Debian ftpsync before 20171017 does not use the rsync --safe-links option, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a crafted upstream mirror.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Debian ftpsync before 20171017

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Debian ftpsync before 20171017`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:debian:ftpsync:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-17748	Debian ftpsync before 20171017 does not use the rsync --safe-links option, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a crafted upstream mirror.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.0% (3.024% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/17/2
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/mirror/archvsync.git/commit/?id=d1ca2ab2210990b6dfb664cd6776a41b71c48016
https://lists.debian.org/debian-mirrors/2017/10/msg00017.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Debian Ftpsync

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 4:48 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: debian
Published: Oct 17, 2017, 6:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 4:48 PM
Reserved: May 7, 2017, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:26 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 17, 2017, 6:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:26 AM

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