CVE-2024-12084

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: January 15, 2025 Modified: November 03, 2025
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:6470
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12084
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330527
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/14/6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250131-0002/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-p5pg-x43v-mvqj
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Exploit Vendor Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.1%
89th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122 CWE-787

Affected Vendors

redhat nixos gentoo archlinux tritondatacenter novell samba almalinux

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