Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-70456
* SECURITY UPDATE: Out-of-bounds heap write in daemon argument parsing - debian/patches/CVE-2026-70456.patch: grow argv to argc + 1 entries in read_args() (io.c) before storing the trailing NULL, so a post-dot daemon request whose glob expansion lands argc exactly on maxargs no longer writes one pointer slot past the end of the argv allocation - CVE-2026-70456
- Products
- rsync
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.6+tuxcare.els13
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-70456
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 11:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
* SECURITY UPDATE: Out-of-bounds heap write in daemon argument parsing - debian/patches/CVE-2026-70456.patch: grow argv to argc + 1 entries in read_args() (io.c) before storing the trailing NULL, so a post-dot daemon request whose glob expansion lands argc exactly on maxargs no longer writes one pointer slot past the end of the argv allocation - CVE-2026-70456
osv:CLSA-2026-1789569581
rsync
Fixed versions: 3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.6+tuxcare.els13
Complete source record
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"summary": "* SECURITY UPDATE: Out-of-bounds heap write in daemon argument parsing - debian/patches/CVE-2026-70456.patch: grow argv to argc + 1 entries in read_args() (io.c) before storing the trailing NULL, so a post-dot daemon request whose glob expansion lands argc exactly on maxargs no longer writes one pointer slot past the end of the argv allocation - CVE-2026-70456",
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