Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 15, 2025· Updated Feb 26, 2026
Rsync: heap buffer overflow in rsync due to improper checksum length handling
CVE-2024-12084
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the rsync daemon. This issue is due to improper handling of attacker-controlled checksum lengths (s2length) in the code. When MAX_DIGEST_LEN exceeds the fixed SUM_LENGTH (16 bytes), an attacker can write out of bounds in the sum2 buffer.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:6470mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12084mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitreissue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657mitre
News mentions
1- GitLab Patch Release: 18.1.2, 18.0.4, 17.11.6GitLab Security Releases · Jul 9, 2025