| Name | CVE-2024-12085 |
| Description | A flaw was found in rsync which could be triggered when rsync compares file checksums. This flaw allows an attacker to manipulate the checksum length (s2length) to cause a comparison between a checksum and uninitialized memory and leak one byte of uninitialized stack data at a time. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4015-1, DSA-5843-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| rsync (PTS) | bullseye | 3.2.3-4+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 3.2.3-4+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.2.7-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 3.2.7-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.3.0+ds1-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| rsync | source | bullseye | 3.2.3-4+deb11u2 | | DLA-4015-1 | |
| rsync | source | bookworm | 3.2.7-1+deb12u1 | | DSA-5843-1 | |
| rsync | source | (unstable) | 3.3.0+ds1-3 | | | |
Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/14/3
Fixed by: https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git;a=commit;h=589b0691e59f761ccb05ddb8e1124991440db2c7 (v3.4.0)