5.6
Medium
CVE-2024-12747 Rsync: race condition in rsync handling symbolic links
Description
A flaw was found in rsync. This vulnerability arises from a race condition during rsync's handling of symbolic links. Rsync's default behavior when encountering symbolic links is to skip them. If an attacker replaced a regular file with a symbolic link at the right time, it was possible to bypass the default behavior and traverse symbolic links. Depending on the privileges of the rsync process, an attacker could leak sensitive information, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
CVSS 3.1 detail
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitable with local access to the machine, with an ordinary account and without any user action; an attacker can seriously compromise confidentiality, integrity or availability.
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- Low
- Interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Discovery 1.14 1.14 | earliest → < 1.14.2-1748467619 | 1.14.2-1748467619 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System 1 | Versions not published |
References
- RHBA-2025:6470 access.redhat.com
- RHSA-2025:2600 access.redhat.com
- RHSA-2025:7050 access.redhat.com
- RHSA-2025:8385 access.redhat.com
- access.redhat.com access.redhat.com
- RHBZ#2332968 bugzilla.redhat.com
- kb.cert.org kb.cert.org
Timeline
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