Security update for rsync

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:0118-2
Release Date:	2025-01-15T14:40:31Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1234100 bsc#1234101 bsc#1234102 bsc#1234103 bsc#1234104
Cross-References:	CVE-2024-12084 CVE-2024-12085 CVE-2024-12086 CVE-2024-12087 CVE-2024-12088
CVSS scores:	CVE-2024-12084 ( SUSE ): 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2024-12084 ( SUSE ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2024-12085 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2024-12085 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVE-2024-12085 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVE-2024-12086 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2024-12086 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVE-2024-12086 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVE-2024-12087 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2024-12087 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2024-12087 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVE-2024-12088 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2024-12088 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVE-2024-12088 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:	Basesystem Module 15-SP6 openSUSE Leap 15.6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for rsync fixes the following issues:

NOTE: this update is broken and was retracted. New update will be published as followup update.

• CVE-2024-12084: heap buffer overflow in checksum parsing. (bsc#1234100)
• CVE-2024-12085: leak of uninitialized stack data on the server leading to possible ASLR bypass. (bsc#1234101)
• CVE-2024-12086: leak of a client machine's file contents through the processing of checksum data. (bsc#1234102)
• CVE-2024-12087: arbitrary file overwrite possible on clients when symlink syncing is enabled. (bsc#1234103)
• CVE-2024-12088: bypass of the --safe-links flag may allow the placement of unsafe symlinks in a client. (bsc#1234104)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• openSUSE Leap 15.6
  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-118=1 SUSE-2025-118=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-118=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.2.7-150600.3.4.1
  • rsync-debugsource-3.2.7-150600.3.4.1
  • rsync-3.2.7-150600.3.4.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.2.7-150600.3.4.1
  • rsync-debugsource-3.2.7-150600.3.4.1
  • rsync-3.2.7-150600.3.4.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12084.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12085.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12086.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12087.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12088.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234100
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234101
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234102
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234103
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234104