Issued:
2025-01-29
Updated:
2025-01-29

RHSA-2025:0787 - Important: rsync security update

Synopsis

Important: rsync security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for rsync is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The rsync utility enables the users to copy and synchronize files locally or across a network. Synchronization with rsync is fast because rsync only sends the differences in files over the network instead of sending whole files. The rsync utility is also used as a mirroring tool.

Security Fix(es):

  • rsync: Info Leak via Uninitialized Stack Contents (CVE-2024-12085)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension8.8x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support8.8ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support8.8s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support8.8aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.8ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS8.8x86_64

Updated Packages

  • rsync-daemon-3.1.3-20.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-20.el8_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • rsync-3.1.3-20.el8_8.1.aarch64.rpm
  • rsync-3.1.3-20.el8_8.1.src.rpm
  • rsync-3.1.3-20.el8_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-20.el8_8.1.aarch64.rpm
  • rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-20.el8_8.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-20.el8_8.1.s390x.rpm
  • rsync-debugsource-3.1.3-20.el8_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • rsync-3.1.3-20.el8_8.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-20.el8_8.1.s390x.rpm
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-20.el8_8.1.ppc64le.rpm
  • rsync-3.1.3-20.el8_8.1.s390x.rpm
  • rsync-debuginfo-3.1.3-20.el8_8.1.aarch64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information