CVE-2007-4091

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-08-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple off-by-one errors in the sender.c in rsync 2.6.9 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via directory names that are not properly handled when calling the f_name function.

Affected products

rsync: 2.6.9

References

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.general/291908
http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2007/08/cve-2007-4091.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/26493
http://secunia.com/advisories/26518
http://secunia.com/advisories/26537
http://secunia.com/advisories/26543
http://secunia.com/advisories/26548
http://secunia.com/advisories/26634
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
http://secunia.com/advisories/26911
http://secunia.com/advisories/27896
http://secunia.com/advisories/61039

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