CVE-2024-12084 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the rsync daemon, affecting numerous Linux distributions and products including AlmaLinux, Arch Linux, Gentoo, NixOS, Novell, Red Hat, Samba, and TritonDataCenter. This flaw stems from improper handling of attacker-controlled checksum lengths, allowing out-of-bounds writes. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a critical risk, enabling unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently available, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.2.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:almalinux:almalinux:10.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:archlinux:arch_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.