vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2024-12747: Security patch for rsync (ALAS-2025-1955)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Jan 14, 2025 | Jan 18, 2025 | Feb 18, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 14, 2025
Added
Jan 18, 2025
Modified
Feb 18, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in rsync. This vulnerability arises from a race condition during rsync's handling of symbolic links. Rsync's default behavior when encountering symbolic links is to skip them. If an attacker replaced a regular file with a symbolic link at the right time, it was possible to bypass the default behavior and traverse symbolic links. Depending on the privileges of the rsync process, an attacker could leak sensitive information, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-rsync
References
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