Vulnerabilities / CVE-2017-8805

critical

CVE-2017-8805

Debian ftpsync before 20171017 does not use the rsync --safe-links opt ...

Published Modified CWE 22
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD.

Description

Debian ftpsync before 20171017 does not use the rsync --safe-links option, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a crafted upstream mirror.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11archvsync20171017
debian 12archvsync20171017
debian 13archvsync20171017
debian 14archvsync20171017
echoarchvsync20171017

References

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