vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2024-12085: rsync -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Jan 14, 2025 | Jan 16, 2025 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 14, 2025
Added
Jan 16, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in rsync which could be triggered when rsync compares file checksums. This flaw allows an attacker to manipulate the checksum length (s2length) to cause a comparison between a checksum and uninitialized memory and leak one byte of uninitialized stack data at a time.
Solution
debian-upgrade-rsync
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