MGASA-2025-0019 - Updated rsync packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 22 Jan 2025
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0019.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2024-12084,
     CVE-2024-12085,
     CVE-2024-12086,
     CVE-2024-12087,
     CVE-2024-12088,
     CVE-2024-12747

Heap buffer overflow in rsync due to improper checksum length handling.
(CVE-2024-12084)
Info leak via uninitialized stack contents. (CVE-2024-12085)
Rsync server leaks arbitrary client files. (CVE-2024-12086)
Path traversal vulnerability in rsync. (CVE-2024-12087)
Rsync --safe-links option bypass leads to path traversal.
(CVE-2024-12088)
Race condition in rsync handling symbolic links. (CVE-2024-12747)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33920
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/14/3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2025/msg00004.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7206-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7206-2
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-12084
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-12085
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-12086
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-12087
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-12088
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-12747

SRPMS:
- 9/core/rsync-3.2.7-1.2.mga9

Mageia 2025-0019: rsync Security Advisory Updates

Heap buffer overflow in rsync due to improper checksum length handling

Summary

Heap buffer overflow in rsync due to improper checksum length handling. (CVE-2024-12084) Info leak via uninitialized stack contents. (CVE-2024-12085) Rsync server leaks arbitrary client files. (CVE-2024-12086) Path traversal vulnerability in rsync. (CVE-2024-12087) Rsync --safe-links option bypass leads to path traversal. (CVE-2024-12088) Race condition in rsync handling symbolic links. (CVE-2024-12747)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33920

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/14/3

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2025/msg00004.html

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7206-1

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7206-2

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-12084

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-12085

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-12086

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-12087

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-12088

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-12747

Resolution

MGASA-2025-0019 - Updated rsync packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/rsync-3.2.7-1.2.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 22 Jan 2025
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0019.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-12084, CVE-2024-12085, CVE-2024-12086, CVE-2024-12087, CVE-2024-12088, CVE-2024-12747

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