CVE-2011-1097

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1097
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-03-30 22:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionrsync 3.x before 3.0.8, when certain recursion, deletion, and ownership options are used, allows remote rsync servers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed data.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Samba Rsync 3.0.0 All All All
Application Samba Rsync 3.0.1 All All All
Application Samba Rsync 3.0.2 All All All
Application Samba Rsync 3.0.3 All All All
Application Samba Rsync 3.0.4 All All All
Application Samba Rsync 3.0.5 All All All
Application Samba Rsync 3.0.6 All All All
Application Samba Rsync 3.0.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: rsync-3.0.8-1.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
'[security bulletin] HPSBMU02752 SSRT100802 rev.1 HP Insight Control Software for Linux (IC-Linux), R' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
675036 – (CVE-2011-1097) CVE-2011-1097 rsync: Incremental file-list corruption due to temporary file_extra_cnt increments af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
7936 – Incremental file-list corruption due to temporary file_extra_cnt increments (CVE-2011-1097) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.samba.org
gitweb.samba.org - rsync.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gitweb.samba.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
rsync Incremental Recursion Memory Corruption Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rsync -rcv printing out filenames when content identical af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.samba.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: rsync-3.0.8-1.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Site not found (404) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rsync.samba.org
Fedora update for rsync - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker: Rsync Checksum Mismatch Error Lets Remote Servers Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:066 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: rsync-3.0.8-1.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
gitweb.samba.org - rsync.git/commit MITRE gitweb.samba.org
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