CVE-2024-12087

Publication date 9 January 2025

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

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
Fixed 3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
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
Fixed 3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.6+esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.1.1-3ubuntu1.3+esm3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.1.0-2ubuntu0.4+esm1

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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