CVE-2024-12087

Publication date 9 January 2025

Last updated 15 January 2025


Ubuntu priority

A path traversal vulnerability exists in rsync. It stems from behavior enabled by the `--inc-recursive` option, a default-enabled option for many client options and can be enabled by the server even if not explicitly enabled by the client. When using the `--inc-recursive` option, a lack of proper symlink verification coupled with deduplication checks occurring on a per-file-list basis could allow a server to write files outside of the client's intended destination directory. A malicious server could write malicious files to arbitrary locations named after valid directories/paths on the client.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
rsync 24.10 oracular
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.2.7-1ubuntu1.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.2.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.3
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.1.3-8ubuntu0.8
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage

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References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7206-1
    • rsync vulnerabilities
    • 14 January 2025

Other references