CVE-2002-0080

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-03-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-269

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 products

RedHat Linux: 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
RsyncProject rsync: before 2.5.3 — fixed in 2.5.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: RsyncProject rsync 2.5.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-014.1.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8463.php
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-024.php3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-026.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4285
http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-014.1.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8463.php
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-024.php3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-026.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4285

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