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CVE-2024-12085

Rsync: info leak via uninitialized stack contents

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 14, 2025 at 05:37 PM UTC
Updated: October 13, 2026 at 03:16 AM UTC
23 products affected across 9 vendorsEnterprise LinuxEnterprise Linux ServerEnterprise Linux Server Aus

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
SSVC
PoC

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Almalinux· Almalinux
95%
10.08.09.0
Archlinux· Archlinux
95%
All versions
Linux· Gentoo
95%
All versions
Nixos· Nixos
95%
v < 24.11
Affected range stops below 24.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Enterprise Linux· Red Hatrpm
95%
8.09.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.0.6-12.el6_10.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.1.2-12.el7_9.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.1.3-12.el8_4.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.1.3-14.el8_6.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.1.3-20.el8_10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.1.3-20.el8_8.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.1.3-7.el8_2.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.2.3-19.el9_2.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.2.3-19.el9_4.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.2.3-20.el9_5.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.2.3-9.el9_0.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.4.1-2.el10 (unaffected)
Enterprise Linux Eus· Red Hatrpm
95%
8.89.29.49.6
Enterprise Linux for Arm 64· Red Hat
95%
8.0_aarch649.0_aarch649.2_aarch64
Enterprise Linux for Arm 64 Eus· Red Hat
95%
8.8_aarch649.4_aarch649.6_aarch64
Enterprise Linux for IBM Z Systems· Red Hat
95%
8.0_s390x9.0_s390x9.2_s390x
Enterprise Linux for IBM Z Systems Eus· Red Hat
95%
8.8_s390x9.4_s390x9.6_s390x

References (29)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0324
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0325
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0637
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0688
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0714
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0774
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0787
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0790

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-908

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