CVE-2008-1720
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 5.0%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.0% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1721)
- Published
- April 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1721 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
- samba / rsync
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/29668
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29770
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29777
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29781
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29788
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29856
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29861
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=591462&group_id=69227
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545
- http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync-announce%40lists.samba.org/msg00057.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084
- http://www.osvdb.org/44368
- http://www.osvdb.org/44369
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28726
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019835
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1191/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1215/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41766
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/600-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00237.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00247.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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