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CVE-2008-1720 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2	CVE
http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/security/rsync-3.0.1-xattr-alloc.diff	CVE	Patch
http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/security.html#s3_0_2	CVE	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/29668	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29770	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29777	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29781	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29788	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29856	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29861	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41766	CVE
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=591462&group_id=69227	CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/600-1/	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00237.html	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00247.html	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545	CVE
http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync-announce%40lists.samba.org/msg00057.html	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/44368	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/44369	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28726	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019835	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1191/references	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1215/references	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2	[email protected]
http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/security/rsync-3.0.1-xattr-alloc.diff	[email protected]	Patch
http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/security.html#s3_0_2	[email protected]	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/29668	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29770	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29777	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29781	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29788	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29856	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29861	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41766	[email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=591462&group_id=69227	[email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/600-1/	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00237.html	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00247.html	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545	[email protected]
http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync-announce%40lists.samba.org/msg00057.html	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/44368	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/44369	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28726	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019835	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1191/references	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1215/references	[email protected]

see all 52 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
samba rsync	2.6.9 2.7.0 2.7.1 2.7.2 2.7.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.6.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.0.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

samba rsync

2.6.9

2.7.0

2.7.1

2.7.2

2.7.3

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:2.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 10, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]