{"action":"Upgrade rsync to 3.1.2-r3 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"3.1.2-r3","introduced":"0"}],"component":"rsync","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Alpine","ecosystem_qualifier":"Alpine:v3.4","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["3.1.2-r3"],"id":"tcs_01M5N9APJCXZTSGVYACKGPDXD5","modified_at":"2026-06-15T18:18:06.774299604Z","published_at":"2017-11-06T05:29:00.253Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16548","https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-16548"],"severity":{"label":"critical","score":9.8},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"ALPINE-CVE-2017-16548#Alpine:v3.4/rsync","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-16548"}],"summary":"The receive_xattr function in xattrs.c in rsync 3.1.2 and 3.1.3-development does not check for a trailing '\\0' character in an xattr name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (h"}