vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2024-12084)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jan 15, 2025 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 15, 2025
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the rsync daemon. This issue is due to improper handling of attacker-controlled checksum lengths (s2length) in the code. When MAX_DIGEST_LEN exceeds the fixed SUM_LENGTH (16 bytes), an attacker can write out of bounds in the sum2 buffer.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2024-12084
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-12084
- URL-https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:6470
- URL-https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12084
- URL-https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330527
- URL-https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.4.0
- URL-https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202501-1
- URL-https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/14/3
- CWE-122
- CWE-787
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