Notably, this release addresses:

USN-3506-1 Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3506-1:

• CVE-2017-17433: The recv_files function in receiver.c in the daemon in rsync 3.1.2, and 3.1.3-development before 2017-11-03, proceeds with certain file metadata updates before checking for a filename in the daemon_filter_list data structure, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
• CVE-2017-17434: The daemon in rsync 3.1.2, and 3.1.3-development before 2017-11-03, does not check for fnamecmp filenames in the daemon_filter_list data structure (in the recv_files function in receiver.c) and also does not apply the sanitize_paths protection mechanism to pathnames found in "xname follows" strings (in the read_ndx_and_attrs function in rsync.c), which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

-ii  iproute2 3.12.0-2ubuntu1   amd64  networking and traffic control tools
+ii  iproute2 3.12.0-2ubuntu1.1 amd64  networking and traffic control tools
-ii  rsync    3.1.0-2ubuntu0.2  amd64  fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool
+ii  rsync    3.1.0-2ubuntu0.3  amd64  fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool