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openSUSE 15.4: SUSE-SU-2025:0165-1 important: rsync security issues

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Calendar Grey January 17, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Essential notice for openSUSE rsync, tackling several significant security vulnerabilities; prioritize applying patches.
An update that solves five vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for rsync fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2024-12085: leak of uninitialized stack data on the server leading to

possible ASLR bypass. (bsc#1234101)

* CVE-2024-12086: leak of a client machine's file contents through the

processing of checksum data. (bsc#1234102)

* CVE-2024-12087: arbitrary file overwrite possible on clients when symlink

syncing is enabled. (bsc#1234103)

* CVE-2024-12088: bypass of the --safe-links flag may allow the placement of

unsafe symlinks in a client. (bsc#1234104)

* CVE-2024-12747: Fixed a race condition in rsync handling symbolic links.

(bsc#1235475)

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-

Server-4.3-2025-165=1

* SUSE Manager Server 4.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.3-2025-165=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-165=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-165=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-165=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-165=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-165=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-165=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch...

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Package List

* SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 (x86_64)

* rsync-debuginfo-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* rsync-debugsource-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* rsync-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* SUSE Manager Server 4.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* rsync-debuginfo-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* rsync-debugsource-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* rsync-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* rsync-debuginfo-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* rsync-debugsource-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* rsync-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* rsync-debuginfo-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* rsync-debugsource-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* rsync-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* rsync-debuginfo-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* rsync-debugsource-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* rsync-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* rsync-debuginfo-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* rsync-debugsource-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* rsync-3.2.3-150400.3.17.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4...

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References

* bsc#1234101

* bsc#1234102

* bsc#1234103

* bsc#1234104

* bsc#1235475

* bsc#1235895

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12085.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12086.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12087.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12088.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12747.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234101

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234102

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234103

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234104

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235475

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235895

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0165-1
Release Date: 2025-01-17T16:09:35Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 * SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 * SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 * SUSE Manager Server 4.3

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