VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-12085
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 8.82%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 8.82% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-908
- Affected
- samba/rsync · redhat/openshift · redhat/openshift container platform · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux for arm 64 · redhat/enterprise linux for arm 64 eus · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux update services for sap solutions · almalinux/almalinux · archlinux/arch linux · gentoo/linux · nixos/nixos · +2 more
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:6470
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6122
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0324Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0325Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0637Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0688Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0714Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0774Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0787Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0790Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0849Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0884Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0885Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1120Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1123Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1128Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1225Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1227Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1242Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1451Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21885
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2701Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12085Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330539Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00008.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250131-0002/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657
- https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-p5pg-x43v-mvqjExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.