vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2024-12087: Security patch for rsync (ALAS-2025-1955)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N) | 2025-01-14 | 2025-01-18 | 2025-02-18 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
2025-01-14
Added
2025-01-18
Modified
2025-02-18
Description
A path traversal vulnerability exists in rsync. It stems from behavior enabled by the `--inc-recursive` option, a default-enabled option for many client options and can be enabled by the server even if not explicitly enabled by the client. When using the `--inc-recursive` option, a lack of proper symlink verification coupled with deduplication checks occurring on a per-file-list basis could allow a server to write files outside of the client's intended destination directory. A malicious server could write malicious files to arbitrary locations named after valid directories/paths on the client.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-rsync
References

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