security flaw
Published Aug 18, 2004
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.32%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the sanitize_path function in util.c for rsync 2.6.2 and earlier, when chroot is disabled, allows attackers to read or write certain files.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.2_1.2
- 2.3.2_1.2
- 2.3.2_1.2
- 2.3.2_1.2
- 2.3.2_1.2
- 2.3.2_1.2
- 2.3.2_1.3
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.4
- 2.4.5
- 2.4.6
- 2.4.8
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
- 2.5.3
- 2.5.4
- 2.5.5
- 2.5.6
- 2.5.7
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
rsync-0:2.5.7-5.3E
Fixed · RHSA-2004:436
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | rsync-0:2.5.7-5.3E | Fixed | RHSA-2004:436 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.32% (0.02317) | 82.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.32% (0.02317) | 81.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.77% (0.00768) | 71.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.57% (0.00573) | 78.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.57% (0.00573) | 77.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 26, 2023 | 0.57% (0.00573) | 75.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00543) | 73.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109268147522290&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109277141223839&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://samba.org/rsync/#security_aug04 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-538 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-17.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:083 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_26_rsync.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0042/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0792 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617292 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0792
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10561 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0792
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.