{"id":"RLSA-2022:7793","summary":"Moderate: rsync security and enhancement 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 8.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-03-11T06:04:21.390233Z","published":"2022-11-08T06:29:11Z","upstream":["CVE-2022-37434"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:7793"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043753"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2116639"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rsync","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/rsync?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:3.1.3-19.el8"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2022:7793.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","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"}]}