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Advisory severityMedium6.5Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2024-12087] Rsync: path traversal vulnerability in rsync

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2024-12087 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support.

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CVE-2024-12087 Source published Source updated

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CVE-2024-12087
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat LinuxRed Hat Enterprise Linux
Open source advisory

Summary

A path traversal vulnerability exists in rsync. It stems from behavior enabled by the `--inc-recursive` option, a default-enabled option for many client options and can be enabled by the server even if not explicitly enabled by the client.

When using the `--inc-recursive` option, a lack of proper symlink verification coupled with deduplication checks occurring on a per-file-list basis could allow a server to write files outside of the client's intended destination directory. A malicious server could write malicious files to arbitrary locations named after valid directories/paths on the client.

Red Hat rates this flaw to have moderate severity as it depends on specific configurations for the attack to succeed, symbolic link syncing must be enabled (explicitly by providing the `--links` option or implicitly such as with `--archive`) and the client must connect to a malicious or compromised server. Weakness: CWE-22.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support; and 13 more.

Is CVE-2024-12087 exploited?

No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2024-12087 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.

How do I fix CVE-2024-12087?

Upgrade to a fixed release named by Red Hat:

  • rsync-0:3.4.1-2.el10
  • rsync-0:3.0.6-12.el6_10.2
  • rsync-0:3.1.2-12.el7_9.2
  • rsync-0:3.1.3-21.el8_10
  • rsync-0:3.1.3-7.el8_2.6
  • rsync-0:3.1.3-12.el8_4.6
  • rsync-0:3.1.3-14.el8_6.9
  • rsync-0:3.1.3-20.el8_8.4
  • rsync-0:3.2.5-3.el9
  • rsync-0:3.2.3-9.el9_0.4
  • rsync-0:3.2.3-19.el9_2.2
  • rsync-0:3.2.3-19.el9_4.2

14 more fixed releases are listed below.

Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 20 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • rsync-0:3.4.1-2.el10
  • rsync-0:3.0.6-12.el6_10.2
  • rsync-0:3.1.2-12.el7_9.2
  • rsync-0:3.1.3-21.el8_10
  • rsync-0:3.1.3-7.el8_2.6
  • rsync-0:3.1.3-12.el8_4.6
  • rsync-0:3.1.3-14.el8_6.9
  • rsync-0:3.1.3-20.el8_8.4
  • rsync-0:3.2.5-3.el9
  • rsync-0:3.2.3-9.el9_0.4
  • rsync-0:3.2.3-19.el9_2.2
  • rsync-0:3.2.3-19.el9_4.2
  • discovery/discovery-ui-rhel9:1.14.2-1748467619
  • RHBA-2025:6470
  • RHSA-2025:23416
  • RHSA-2025:23415
  • RHSA-2025:2600
  • RHSA-2025:23842
  • RHSA-2025:23853
  • RHSA-2025:23854
  • RHSA-2025:23858
  • RHSA-2025:7050
  • RHSA-2025:23407
  • RHSA-2025:23235
  • RHSA-2025:23154
  • RHSA-2025:8385

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 20 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 20 days ago·verify at source

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