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CVE-2008-1720

Buffer overflow in rsync 2.6.9 to 3.0.1, with extended attribute (xattr) support enabled, might allow remote attackers t

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.08442

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EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules2 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

1

samba rsyncall versions

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Sigma Hunt Rules

2

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

producthighShell Execution via Rsync - Linux

producthighSuspicious Invocation of Shell via Rsync

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD10 Apr 2008 · 07:05 PM

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Vendor Advisories

1

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References & Sources

26

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2

http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/security/rsync-3.0.1-xattr-alloc.diffPatch

http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/security.html#s3_0_2Patch

http://secunia.com/advisories/29668

http://secunia.com/advisories/29770

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http://secunia.com/advisories/29777

http://secunia.com/advisories/29781

http://secunia.com/advisories/29788

http://secunia.com/advisories/29856

http://secunia.com/advisories/29861

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=591462&group_id=69227

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545

http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync-announce%40lists.samba.org/msg00057.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084

http://www.osvdb.org/44368

http://www.osvdb.org/44369

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28726

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019835

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1191/references

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1215/references

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41766

https://usn.ubuntu.com/600-1/

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00237.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00247.html

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