UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8805

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8805
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8805.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8805
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:59Z
Published
2017-10-17T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:37:19Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / archvsync

Package

Name
archvsync
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/archvsync@20171018?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20171018

Affected versions

Other
20170912

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ftpsync",
            "binary_version": "20171018"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8805.json"