Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-1720

Title: Samba Rsync RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-1720.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Apr 10, 2008
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.98%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-1720: 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.

Impacted Vendors

A
andrew_tridgell 1
S
samba 1
R
redhat 1
R
rsync 1

Reference Links

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 http://secunia.com/advisories/29770 http://secunia.com/advisories/29777 http://secunia.com/advisories/29781 http://secunia.com/advisories/29788 http://secunia.com/advisories/29856 http://secunia.com/advisories/29861 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=591462&group_id=69227 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545 http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync-announce%40lists.samba.org/msg00057.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084 http://www.osvdb.org/44368 http://www.osvdb.org/44369 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28726 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019835 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1191/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1215/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41766 https://usn.ubuntu.com/600-1/ https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00237.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00247.html 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 http://secunia.com/advisories/29770 http://secunia.com/advisories/29777 http://secunia.com/advisories/29781 http://secunia.com/advisories/29788 http://secunia.com/advisories/29856 http://secunia.com/advisories/29861 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-16.xml http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=591462&group_id=69227 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1545 http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync-announce%40lists.samba.org/msg00057.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:084 http://www.osvdb.org/44368 http://www.osvdb.org/44369 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28726 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019835 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1191/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1215/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41766 https://usn.ubuntu.com/600-1/ https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00237.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00247.html
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-1720 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.