CVE-2008-1720

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-1720
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-04-10T19:05:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T02:19:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/security/rsync-3.0.1-xattr-alloc.diff Patch
http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/security.html#s3_0_2 Patch
http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync-announce@lists.samba.org/msg00057.html
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=591462&group_id=69227
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084
http://secunia.com/advisories/29668
http://secunia.com/advisories/29770
http://secunia.com/advisories/29777
http://secunia.com/advisories/29781
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28726
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019835
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00237.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00247.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/44368
http://www.osvdb.org/44369
http://secunia.com/advisories/29856
http://secunia.com/advisories/29861
http://secunia.com/advisories/29788
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1215/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1191/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41766
https://usn.ubuntu.com/600-1/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1720
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1720
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:36:28 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-02 19:02:03 2023-02-02T17:15:20 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 19:02:04 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. CVE-2008-1720 rsync: integer overflow in xattr handling Description updated
2023-02-13 03:02:28 2023-02-13T02:19:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 03:02:29 CVE-2008-1720 rsync: integer overflow in xattr handling 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. Description updated