{"id":"USN-2879-1","summary":"rsync vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that rsync incorrectly handled invalid filenames. A\nmalicious server could use this issue to write files outside of the\nintended destination directory.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:57Z","published":"2016-01-21T18:27:00Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9512"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-9512","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9512"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2879-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9512"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rsync","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/rsync@3.1.0-2ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.0-2ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["3.0.9-4ubuntu1","3.1.0-2","3.1.0-2ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"rsync","binary_version":"3.1.0-2ubuntu0.2"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2014-9512","severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2879-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}