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CVE-2024-12085

high

A flaw was found in rsync which could be triggered when rsync compares file checksums.

Vendor / product: Samba — rsync

A flaw was found in rsync which could be triggered when rsync compares file checksums. This flaw allows an attacker to manipulate the checksum length (s2length) to cause a comparison between a checksum and uninitialized memory and leak one byte of uninitialized stack data at a time.

CVSS
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2025-01-14 18:15
Modified: 2026-11-10 04:16
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-10 04:34 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

samba / rsync <3.3.0
redhat / openshift 5.0
redhat / openshift_container_platform 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17
redhat / enterprise_linux 8.0, 9.0
redhat / enterprise_linux_eus 8.8, 9.2, 9.4, 9.6
redhat / enterprise_linux_for_arm_64 8.0_aarch64, 9.0_aarch64, 9.2_aarch64
redhat / enterprise_linux_for_arm_64_eus 8.8_aarch64, 9.4_aarch64, 9.6_aarch64
redhat / enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems 8.0_s390x, 9.0_s390x, 9.2_s390x
redhat / enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus 8.8_s390x, 9.4_s390x, 9.6_s390x
redhat / enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian 8.0_ppc64le, 8.8_ppc64le, 9.0_ppc64le, 9.2_ppc64le
redhat / enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus 9.4_ppc64le, 9.6_ppc64le
redhat / enterprise_linux_server 6.0, 7.0
redhat / enterprise_linux_server_aus 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 9.2, 9.4, 9.6
redhat / enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions 8.4_ppc64le, 8.6_ppc64le, 8.8_ppc64le, 9.0_ppc64le, 9.2_ppc64le, 9.4_ppc64le
redhat / enterprise_linux_server_tus 8.4, 8.6, 8.8
redhat / enterprise_linux_update_services_for_sap_solutions 8.4, 8.6, 9.0, 9.2, 9.6
almalinux / almalinux 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
archlinux / arch_linux all versions
gentoo / linux all versions
nixos / nixos <24.11
suse / suse_linux all versions
tritondatacenter / smartos <20250123

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-908

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-10 04:34 UTC · record ↗

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