CVE-2008-1720

no score yetEPSS 5.0%

Buffer overflow in rsync 2.6.9 to 3.0.1, with extended attribute (xattr) support enabled, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

EPSS: 5.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2008-04-10
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

samba:rsync

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2
http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/security/rsync-3.0.1-xattr-alloc.diff
http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/security.html#s3_0_2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29668

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