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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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

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

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-01-15T15:15:10.537
Modified: 2025-02-26T14:15:10.473
Link: CVE-2024-12084
