HIGH
rsync: integer overflow in xattr handling
Published Apr 10, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.98%
Description
Buffer overflow in rsync 2.6.9 to 3.0.1, with extended attribute (xattr) support enabled, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.6.9
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.1
- 2.7.2
- 2.7.3
- 2.7.4
- 2.7.5
- 2.7.6
- 2.7.7
- 2.7.8
- 2.7.9
- 2.8.0
- 2.8.1
- 2.8.2
- 2.8.3
- 2.8.4
- 2.8.5
- 2.8.6
- 2.8.7
- 2.8.8
- 2.8.9
- 2.9.0
- 2.9.1
- 2.9.2
- 2.9.3
- 2.9.4
- 2.9.5
- 2.9.6
- 2.9.7
- 2.9.8
- 2.9.9
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of rsync as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.98% 0.04985
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04985
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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 4.98% (0.04985) | 91.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.98% (0.04985) | 91.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 31, 2025 | 8.44% (0.08442) | 91.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 10.82% (0.10823) | 92.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.94% (0.11936) | 89.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 10.82% (0.10823) | 92.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 5, 2025 | 13.95% (0.13953) | 95.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.60% (0.07595) | 94.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 12, 2024 | 8.70% (0.08699) | 94.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 18, 2023 | 7.17% (0.07173) | 92.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.72% (0.05716) | 92.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 18.60% (0.18601) | 96.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 18.60% (0.18601) | 96.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 18.60% (0.18601) | 96.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 18.60% (0.18601) | 93.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (30)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/security/rsync-3.0.1-xattr-alloc.diff x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/security.html#s3_0_2 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29668 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29770 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29777 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29781 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29788 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29856 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29861 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=591462&group_id=69227 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync-announce%40lists.samba.org/msg00057.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.osvdb.org/44368 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.osvdb.org/44369 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28726 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019835 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1191/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1215/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1720 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=441683 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41766 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1720
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/600-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1720
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00237.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00247.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Apr 10, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 10, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1720
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a