Issued:
2014-04-30
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:0451 - rsync bug fix update

Synopsis

rsync bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rsync packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The rsync tool is used to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network. The rsync tool works very fast because it uses delta encoding and sends just differences in files instead of whole files. Also, rsync can be used as a powerful mirroring tool.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, the rsync tool changed the file ownership after, not before, setting security attributes. As a consequence, the security attributes on the target were missing, and running the "rsync -X" command did not work correctly under certain circumstances. With this update, the order of the operations has been switched, and rsync now changes the ownerships before setting the security attributes. As a result, the security attributes are present as expected in the described situation. (BZ#981797)

Users of rsync are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • rsync-debuginfo-3.0.6-12.el6.s390x.rpm
  • rsync-3.0.6-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.0.6-12.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.0.6-12.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • rsync-3.0.6-12.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • rsync-3.0.6-12.el6.s390x.rpm
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.0.6-12.el6.i686.rpm
  • rsync-3.0.6-12.el6.i686.rpm
  • rsync-3.0.6-12.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information