Open-source file sync tool rsync 3.5.2 fixes a CPU exhaustion flaw

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Help Net Security at 04 Nov, 07:43 UTC

The rsync project released version 3.5.2, and it closes a flaw that let a connecting client tie up a server’s CPU with checksum math that leads nowhere. The new version also lets you push a transfer to the back of the queue for CPU and disk, so a big sync stops elbowing everything else on the…