CVE-2008-1720

critical

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.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00247.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00237.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/600-1/

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41766

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-1721

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1215/references

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1191/references

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019835

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28726

http://www.osvdb.org/44369

http://www.osvdb.org/44368

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084

http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync-announce%40lists.samba.org/msg00057.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=591462&group_id=69227

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/29861

http://secunia.com/advisories/29856

http://secunia.com/advisories/29788

http://secunia.com/advisories/29781

http://secunia.com/advisories/29777

http://secunia.com/advisories/29770

http://secunia.com/advisories/29668

http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/security.html#s3_0_2

http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/security/rsync-3.0.1-xattr-alloc.diff

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-04-10

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.10823