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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Jan 14, 2025 17:37:54 UTC

CVE-2024-12086

A flaw was found in rsync. It could allow a server to enumerate the contents of an arbitrary file from the client's machine. This issue occurs when files are being copied from a client to a server. During this process, the rsync server will send checksums of local data to the client to compare with in order to determine what data needs to be sent to the server. By sending specially constructed checksum values for arbitrary files, an attacker may be able to reconstruct the data of those files byte-by-byte based on the responses from the client.

Base score6.1/ 10
SeverityMediumCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes
Base severityMedium
Attack vectorNetworkAV
Attack complexityHighAC
Privileges requiredNonePR
User interactionRequiredUI
ScopeChangedS
Confidentiality impactHighC
Integrity impactNoneI
Availability impactNoneA
CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityredhat
Last updatedNov 5, 2026 11:44:55 UTC
PublishedJan 14, 2025 17:37:54 UTC
ReservedDec 3, 2024 08:57:58 UTC

Credits

  • Red Hat would like to thank Jasiel Spelman (Google), Pedro Gallegos (Google), and Simon Scannell (Google) for reporting this issue.