VDB-291626 · CVE-2024-12085 · EUVD-2024-50581

Rsync Checksum s2length uninitialized pointer

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Rsync. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Checksum Handler. Such manipulation of the argument s2length leads to uninitialized pointer. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-12085. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Rsync (version now known). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Checksum Handler. The manipulation of the argument s2length with an unknown input leads to a uninitialized pointer vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-824. The product accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-12085. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214143 (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : rsync vulnerabilities (USN-7206-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (214143), EUVD (EUVD-2024-50581) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2633). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

Aruba AOS-CX

Productinfo

Type

File Transfer Software

Name

Rsync

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uninitialized pointer
CWE: CWE-824 / CWE-908
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 214143
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : rsync vulnerabilities (USN-7206-1)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

01/14/2025 🔍
01/14/2025 +0 days 🔍
11/20/2025 +310 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-12085 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-12085
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-291626
EUVD: 🔍
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2633 - Aruba AOS-CX: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 01/14/2025 18:28
Updated: 11/20/2025 22:48
Changes: 01/14/2025 18:28 (50), 01/15/2025 03:40 (2), 01/15/2025 10:17 (13), 07/29/2025 04:38 (1), 11/19/2025 12:42 (7), 11/20/2025 22:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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