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.
History

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Title rsync: Heap Buffer Overflow in Rsync due to Improper Checksum Length Handling Rsync: heap buffer overflow in rsync due to improper checksum length handling
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
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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.
Title rsync: Heap Buffer Overflow in Rsync due to Improper Checksum Length Handling
Weaknesses CWE-122
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Critical


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2025-01-15T14:16:35.363Z

Updated: 2025-02-27T04:55:11.854Z

Reserved: 2024-12-03T08:57:42.580Z

Link: CVE-2024-12084

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-01-15T15:02:44.467Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-01-15T15:15:10.537

Modified: 2025-02-26T14:15:10.473

Link: CVE-2024-12084

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2025-01-14T15:06:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-12084 - Bugzilla