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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201702-05">
+ <title>Lsyncd: Remote execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in Lsyncd allows execution of arbitrary code.</synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">lsyncd</product>
+ <announced>2017-02-10</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2017-02-10</revised>
+ <bug>529678</bug>
+ <access>local, remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-admin/lsyncd" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.1.6</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.1.6</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>A daemon to synchronize local directories using rsync.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>default-rsyncssh.lua in Lsyncd performed insufficient sanitising of
+ filenames.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>An attacker, able to control files processed by Lsyncd, could possibly
+ execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a
+ Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Lsyncd users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-admin/lsyncd-2.1.6"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8990">CVE-2014-8990</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-02-01T09:30:15Z">b-man</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-02-10T23:08:07Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>