CVE-2008-1720
highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.050 · 92 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
4.98% (92nd) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.5
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weaknesses
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affected products (36)
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showing 20 of 36
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also known as (7)
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sources
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references (52)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/security/rsync-3.0.1-xattr-alloc.diffenisa_euvd
- http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/security.html#s3_0_2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29668enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29770enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29777enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29781enisa_euvd
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