Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability in rsync 3.x

CVE-2011-1097 · MEDIUM Severity

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

rsync 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.

Learn more about our Cis Benchmark Audit For Server Software.