vulnerability

Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2024-12087: Important priority package update for rsync

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
Jan 14, 2025
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Dec 4, 2025

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.

Solutions

amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-rsyncamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-rsync-daemonamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-rsync-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-rsync-debugsource
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