{"id":"RLSA-2022:8291","summary":"Moderate: rsync security and bug fix 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: heap-based buffer over-read and overflow in inflate() in inflate.c via a large gzip header extra field (CVE-2022-37434)\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\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-02-05T07:30:10.973282Z","published":"2022-11-15T06:20:39Z","upstream":["CVE-2022-37434"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:8291"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2053198"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2077431"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2081296"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2116639"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rsync","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/rsync?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:3.2.3-18.el9"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2022:8291.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}