Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5921-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 5921-1 - Koen van Hove discovered that the rsync client incorrectly validated filenames returned by servers. If a user or automated system were tricked into connecting to a malicious server, a remote attacker could use this issue to write arbitrary files, and possibly escalate privileges.

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