Summary: Multiple security vulnerabilities have been found in the Rsync file-synchronizing tool, potentially allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code on connected clients. The vulnerabilities include heap-buffer overflow and information disclosure, among others, posing significant risks to users.

Threat Actor: Unknown | unknown
Victim: Rsync users | Rsync users

Key Point :

• Six vulnerabilities disclosed, including CVE-2024-12084 with a CVSS score of 9.8 for heap-buffer overflow.
• Attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities to read/write arbitrary files and execute malicious code on clients.
• Patches are available in Rsync version 3.4.0; mitigations recommended for users unable to update.