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 machine. rsync is an open-source utility that copies files locally and across a network, and it is widely used … More →
Open-source file sync tool rsync 3.5.2 fixes a CPU exhaustion flaw
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