CVE-2006-2083

Rsync vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

3.6%

EPSS pct

88th

Exploited

No known

Integer 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.

Affected vendor

Andrew Tridgell

Affected product

Rsync

CVSS vector

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

Published

2006-04-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

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