Directory Traversal Affecting rhcos package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.74% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-RHCOS-8653784
  • published22 Jan 2025
  • disclosed14 Jan 2025

Introduced: 14 Jan 2025

CVE-2024-12087  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 rhcos.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rhcos package and not the rhcos package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1