CVE-2002-0080

N/A
Published: June 25, 2002 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:56 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinuxRsync

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

rsync, when running in daemon mode, does not properly call setgroups before dropping privileges, which could provide supplemental group privileges to local users, who could then read certain files that would otherwise be disallowed.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.5.3
Affected range stops below 2.5.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-026.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4285

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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