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CentOS 9 : rsync-3.2.5-7.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 314433

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for rsync.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the rsync-3.2.5-7.el9 build changelog.

 - 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 has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the CentOS 9 Stream rsync package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=110566

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 314433

File Name: centos9_rsync-3_2_5-7_110566.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/13/2026

Updated: 5/13/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-12086

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsync, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsync-rrsync, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsync-daemon, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-12086