# Security update for rsync Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0156-1 Release Date: 2025-01-17T11:59:13Z Rating: important References: * bsc#1234100 * bsc#1234101 * bsc#1234102 * bsc#1234103 * bsc#1234104 * bsc#1235475 * bsc#1235895 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-12084 * CVE-2024-12085 * CVE-2024-12086 * CVE-2024-12087 * CVE-2024-12088 * CVE-2024-12747 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-2024-12084 ( NVD ): 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 * CVE-2024-12747 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N * CVE-2024-12747 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N * CVE-2024-12747 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/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 six vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed. ## Description: This update for rsync fixes the following issues: * 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) * CVE-2024-12747: race condition in rsync handling symbolic links (bsc#1235475) ## 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 SUSE-2025-156=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-156=1 * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-156=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * rsync-debuginfo-3.2.7-150600.3.8.1 * rsync-debugsource-3.2.7-150600.3.8.1 * rsync-3.2.7-150600.3.8.1 * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * rsync-debuginfo-3.2.7-150600.3.8.1 * rsync-debugsource-3.2.7-150600.3.8.1 * rsync-3.2.7-150600.3.8.1 ## 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://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12747.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 * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235475 * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235895