CVE-2008-1720

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

RsyncProject rsync: 2.6.9, 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 2.7.3, 2.7.4 (+27)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2
http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/security/rsync-3.0.1-xattr-alloc.diff
http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/security.html#s3_0_2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29668
http://secunia.com/advisories/29770
http://secunia.com/advisories/29777
http://secunia.com/advisories/29781
http://secunia.com/advisories/29788
http://secunia.com/advisories/29856
http://secunia.com/advisories/29861
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml

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