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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-12085: Security patch for rsync (Multiple Advisories)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-12085: Security patch for rsync (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/15/2025
Created
01/16/2025
Added
01/15/2025
Modified
01/20/2025

Description

A flaw was found in the rsync daemon which could be triggered when rsync compares file checksums. This flaw allows an attacker to manipulate the checksum length (s2length) to cause a comparison between a checksum and uninitialized memory and leak one byte of uninitialized stack data at a time.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rsync
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rsync-debuginfo

References

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