GLSA-202501-01 : rsync: Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 214234

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202501-01 (rsync: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rsync. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All rsync users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=net-misc/rsync-3.3.0-r2

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202501-01

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=948106

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 214234

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202501-01.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/15/2025

Updated: 1/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-12084

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:rsync

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-12084, CVE-2024-12085, CVE-2024-12086, CVE-2024-12087, CVE-2024-12088, CVE-2024-12747