CVE-2006-2083

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-04-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the receive_xattr function in the extended attributes patch (xattr.c) for rsync before 2.6.8 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted extended attributes that trigger a buffer overflow.

Affected products

Andrew Tridgell Rsync: 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5 (+2)

References

http://samba.anu.edu.au/ftp/rsync/rsync-2.6.8-NEWS
http://secunia.com/advisories/19920
http://secunia.com/advisories/19964
http://secunia.com/advisories/20011
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-05.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17788
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1606
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26208
http://samba.anu.edu.au/ftp/rsync/rsync-2.6.8-NEWS
http://secunia.com/advisories/19920
http://secunia.com/advisories/19964

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