Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package rsync  (opens in a new tab)


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4.99% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-RSYNC-10078627
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed10 Apr 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Apr 2008

CVE-2008-1720  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. 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.