Path Traversal Vulnerability in rsync Affects Red Hat
CVE-2024-12087

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Status
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - Extension
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 January 2025

What is CVE-2024-12087?

A path traversal vulnerability in rsync allows a malicious server to exploit the --inc-recursive option, which is often enabled by default. This vulnerability arises from insufficient symlink verification and deduplication checks that occur on a per-file-list basis. An attacker could leverage this flaw to write files outside of the client's intended destination directory, potentially placing harmful files in arbitrary locations that mimic valid directories and paths on the client system.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23154
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23235
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23407
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

Credit

Red Hat would like to thank Jasiel Spelman (Google), Pedro Gallegos (Google), and Simon Scannell (Google) for reporting this issue.
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