Vulnerability in Archlinux Arch Linux
CVE-2024-12085
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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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.088 (95.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.088 · newest: 0.088 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Archlinux Arch Linux
- Gentoo Linux
- Nixos
- Samba Rsync
- Tritondatacenter Smartos
- Almalinux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
- Red Hat Compliance Operator 1 — versions 1.8.0
- Red Hat Openshift Compliance Operator 1 — versions 1.8.0, sha256:4953a7ea865ff38a4fe19d5536d8062870c262733c640a2c7e4bd9e0bfb3d498
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — versions 0:3.4.1-2.el10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - Extension — versions 0:3.0.6-12.el6_10.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:6470 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0324 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0325 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0637 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0688 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0714 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0774 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0787 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0790 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0849 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-12085?
- CVE-2024-12085 is a high-severity vulnerability in Archlinux Arch Linux, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-01-14.
- How severe is CVE-2024-12085?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-12085 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.