CVE-2008-1720
Buffer overflow in rsync 2.6.9 to 3.0.1, with extended attribute (xattr) support enabled, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
02 Description
Buffer overflow in rsync 2.6.9 to 3.0.1, with extended attribute (xattr) support enabled, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
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
- 4.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.9% 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
- Moderate. 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
- 2008-04-10 19:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 41340899d6a8b253af1740659e2b2076d87f69adafd5f4e7501f9685f4089910
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com29856http://secunia.com/advisories/29856
- secunia.com29788http://secunia.com/advisories/29788
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:011http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-16http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml
- www.mail-archive.com[rsync-announce] 20080408 Rsync 3.0.2 released w/xattr security fix (attn: 2.6.9 onward)http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync-announce%40lists.samba.org/msg00057.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-600-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/600-1/
- secunia.com29781http://secunia.com/advisories/29781
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=591462&group_id=69227
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1215http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1215/references
- secunia.com29770http://secunia.com/advisories/29770
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-3047https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00237.html
- rsync.samba.orghttp://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/security/rsync-3.0.1-xattr-alloc.diff
- samba.anu.edu.auhttp://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/security.html#s3_0_2
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:084http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1191http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1191/references
- www.securityfocus.com28726http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28726
- www.securitytracker.com1019835http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019835
- secunia.com29861http://secunia.com/advisories/29861
- secunia.com29668http://secunia.com/advisories/29668
- www.debian.orgDSA-1545http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545
- marc.infoHPSBMA02447http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-3060https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00247.html
- secunia.com29777http://secunia.com/advisories/29777
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comrsync-xattr-bo(41766)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41766
- www.osvdb.org44369http://www.osvdb.org/44369
- www.osvdb.org44368http://www.osvdb.org/44368
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rsync Fixed in 3.0.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rsync Fixed in 3.0.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rsync Fixed in 3.0.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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