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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : rsync (SUSE-SU-2025:0156-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 214367

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0156-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-12084: heap buffer overflow in checksum parsing. (bsc#1234100)
 - CVE-2024-12085: leak of uninitialized stack data on the server leading to possible ASLR bypass.
 (bsc#1234101)
 - CVE-2024-12086: leak of a client machine's file contents through the processing of checksum data.
 (bsc#1234102)
 - CVE-2024-12087: arbitrary file overwrite possible on clients when symlink syncing is enabled.
 (bsc#1234103)
 - CVE-2024-12088: bypass of the --safe-links flag may allow the placement of unsafe symlinks in a client.
 (bsc#1234104)
 - CVE-2024-12747: race condition in rsync handling symbolic links (bsc#1235475)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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

Update the affected rsync package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1234100

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1234101

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1234102

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1234103

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1234104

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1235475

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1235895

http://www.nessus.org/u?48cc0ded

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12084

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12085

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12086

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12087

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12088

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12747

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 214367

File Name: suse_SU-2025-0156-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/18/2025

Updated: 1/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

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:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsync

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Reference Information

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

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:0156-1