{"id":"ALSA-2025:8395","summary":"Low: rsync security update","details":"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.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * zlib: Out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c (CVE-2016-9840)\n\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n","modified":"2026-02-04T03:36:33.106285Z","published":"2025-06-02T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2016-9840"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8395"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9840"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1402345"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-8395.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rsync","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/rsync"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.3-23.el8_10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2025:8395.json"}},{"package":{"name":"rsync-daemon","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/rsync-daemon"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.3-23.el8_10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2025:8395.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}