CVE-2006-2083

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG JSON API Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2083
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-28 21:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the receive_xattr function in the extended attributes patch (xattr.c) for rsync before 2.6.8 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted extended attributes that trigger a buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.015060000 probability, percentile 0.812010000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.0 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.1 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.2 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.3 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.4 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.5 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.6 All All All
Application Andrew Tridgell Rsync 2.6.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- rsync: Potential integer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Site not found (404) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 samba.anu.edu.au
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
RSync Receive_XATTR Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Rsync "xattrs.diff" Patch Integer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Trustix updates for multiple packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-30Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of rsync distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report