vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2024-12085: rsync: Info Leak via Uninitialized Stack Contents (Multiple Advisories)
| 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 27, 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 27, 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.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-rsyncredhat-upgrade-rsync-daemonredhat-upgrade-rsync-debuginforedhat-upgrade-rsync-debugsource
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