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CVE-2024-12085 Detail

Description

A flaw was found in rsync 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.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0324 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0325 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0637 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0688 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0714 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0774 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0787 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0790 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0849 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0884 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0885 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1120 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1123 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1128 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1225 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1227 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1242 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1451 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2701 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12085 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330539 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-p5pg-x43v-mvqj Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/952657 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-12085
NVD Published Date:
01/14/2025
NVD Last Modified:
07/16/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.