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CRITICAL
CVE-2024-12084
"rsync Daemon Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability"
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 15, 2025, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 26, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-12084 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-12084 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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.

cyber zero-day

Updated: 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 29, 2025, 8:44 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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Python

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
2 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Jan. 21, 2025, 2:13 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

我的RPM库

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 9, 2024, 9:08 a.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.

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security cve exploit poc vulnerability

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
6691 stars 1145 fork 1145 watcher
Born at : Dec. 8, 2019, 1:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 930 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-12084 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • BleepingComputer
QNAP fixes six Rsync vulnerabilities in NAS backup, recovery app

QNAP has fixed six rsync vulnerabilities that could let attackers gain remote code execution on unpatched Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. Rsync is an open-source file synchronization tool that ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 23, 2025 (2 months, 1 week ago)
  • security.nl
'Nederland telt ruim tweehonderd kwetsbare rsync-servers, wereldwijd 17.000'

Nederland telt ruim tweehonderd servers die een kwetsbare versie van rsync draaien. Wereldwijd gaat het om ruim 17.000 installaties, zo stelt The Shadowserver Foundation op basis van eigen onderzoek. ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 17, 2025 (2 months, 2 weeks ago)
  • BleepingComputer
Over 660,000 Rsync servers exposed to code execution attacks

Over 660,000 exposed Rsync servers are potentially vulnerable to six new vulnerabilities, including a critical-severity heap-buffer overflow flaw that allows remote code execution on servers. Rsync is ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 15, 2025 (2 months, 2 weeks ago)
  • Help Net Security
Rsync vulnerabilities allow remote code execution on servers, patch quickly!

Six vulnerabilities have been fixed in the newest versions of Rsync (v3.4.0), two of which could be exploited by a malicious client to achieve arbitrary code execution on a machine with a running Rsyn ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 15, 2025 (2 months, 2 weeks ago)
  • security.nl
Rsync-kwetsbaarheden laten aanvaller willekeurige code op server uitvoeren

De populaire back-up- en synchronisatiesoftware rsync bevat zes verschillende kwetsbaarheden die een aanvaller in het ergste geval willekeurige code op een rsync-server laten uitvoeren. Gebruikers en ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 15, 2025 (2 months, 2 weeks ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-12084 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Feb. 26, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-p5pg-x43v-mvqj
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 15, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-122
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12084
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330527
    Added Reference https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Jan. 15, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/14/6
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
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