Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200407-10 (rsync)

Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200407-10.
Solution
All users should update to the latest version of the rsync package. # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-misc/rsync-2.6.0-r2' # emerge '>=net-misc/rsync-2.6.0-r2' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200407-10 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49534
Insight
Under specific conditions, the rsync daemon is vulnerable to a directory traversal allowing to write files outside a sync module.