cve/2017/CVE-2017-16548.md

### [CVE-2017-16548](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16548)
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### Description

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 (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending crafted data to the daemon.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/andir/nixos-issue-db-example