Security update for rsync

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0118-1
Release Date: 2025-01-15T09:08:02Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-12084 ( SUSE ): 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-12084 ( SUSE ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-12085 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-12085 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2024-12085 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2024-12086 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-12086 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2024-12086 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2024-12087 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-12087 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-12087 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2024-12088 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-12088 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2024-12088 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for rsync fixes the following issues:

  • 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)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-118=1 SUSE-2025-118=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-118=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • rsync-debuginfo-3.2.7-150600.3.4.1
    • rsync-debugsource-3.2.7-150600.3.4.1
    • rsync-3.2.7-150600.3.4.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • rsync-debuginfo-3.2.7-150600.3.4.1
    • rsync-debugsource-3.2.7-150600.3.4.1
    • rsync-3.2.7-150600.3.4.1

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