CVE-2003-0962
Heap-based buffer overflow in rsync before 2.5.7, when running in server mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and possibly escape the chroot jail.
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in rsync before 2.5.7, when running in server mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and possibly escape the chroot jail.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 23.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-12-10 05:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-11-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4ef3da2915f2d6187ce81296c4d2050597bd9e3fc035533e3536561c89fde2c0
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.info20031204 rsync security advisory (fwd)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107055681311602&w=2
- marc.info2003-0048http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107055684711629&w=2
- secunia.com10362http://secunia.com/advisories/10362
- secunia.com10364http://secunia.com/advisories/10364
- secunia.com10354http://secunia.com/advisories/10354
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlinux-rsync-heap-overflow(13899)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13899
- secunia.com10363http://secunia.com/advisories/10363
- secunia.com10353http://secunia.com/advisories/10353
- secunia.com10357http://secunia.com/advisories/10357
- secunia.com10355http://secunia.com/advisories/10355
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#325603http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/325603
- secunia.com10358http://secunia.com/advisories/10358
- marc.info20031204 GLSA: exploitable heap overflow in rsync (200312-03)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107056923528423&w=2
- secunia.com10360http://secunia.com/advisories/10360
- secunia.com10361http://secunia.com/advisories/10361
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2003:794http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000794
- marc.info20031204 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.051] OpenPKG Security Advisory (rsync)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107055702911867&w=2
- secunia.com10474http://secunia.com/advisories/10474
- patches.sgi.com20031202-01-Uftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20031202-01-U
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9415https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9415
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:398http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-398.html
- secunia.com10356http://secunia.com/advisories/10356
- www.osvdb.org2898http://www.osvdb.org/2898
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2003:111http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:111
- www.securityfocus.com9153http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9153
- secunia.com10359http://secunia.com/advisories/10359
- secunia.com10378http://secunia.com/advisories/10378
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rsync Fixed in 2.5.6-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rsync Fixed in 2.5.6-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rsync Fixed in 2.5.6-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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