INFSA-2025:8395: rsync security update
Information about definition
Identificator: INFSA-2025:8395
Type: security
Release date: 2025-07-07 11:17:20 UTC
Information about package
The rsync utility enables the users to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network. Synchronization with rsync is fast because rsync only sends the differences in files over the network instead of sending whole files. The rsync utility is also used as a mirroring tool.
Vulnerabilities description
- CVE-2016-9840
inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.
Severity level
| CVE | Score CVSS 2.0 | Score CVSS 3.x | Score CVSS 4.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
NIST — CVE-2016-9840
|
4.3 | 8.8 | no information |
Updated packages