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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-12086

medium Nessus Plugin ID 227598

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - A flaw was found in rsync. It could allow a server to enumerate the contents of an arbitrary file from the client's machine. This issue occurs when files are being copied from a client to a server. During this process, the rsync server will send checksums of local data to the client to compare with in order to determine what data needs to be sent to the server. By sending specially constructed checksum values for arbitrary files, an attacker may be able to reconstruct the data of those files byte-by-byte based on the responses from the client. (CVE-2024-12086)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-12086

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 227598

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_12086.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 4/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-12086

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsync-daemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsync-daemon, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsync, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsync, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsync-rrsync, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsync-rrsync, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-12086