CVE-2024-12088

medium

Description

A flaw was found in rsync. When using the `--safe-links` option, rsync fails to properly verify if a symbolic link destination contains another symbolic link within it. This results in a path traversal vulnerability, which may lead to arbitrary file write outside the desired directory.

References

https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330676

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12088

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-01-14

Updated: 2025-01-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium