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Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-1097 · published 30 March 2011

CVE-2011-1097: Samba rsync memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Samba · Rsync

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.

5.1 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 3.2% · top 12.3% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
5.1CVSS 2.0 base score
3.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
38References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://gitweb.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83b94efa6b60a3ff5eee4c5f7812c617a90a03f6
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057641.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057736.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057737.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2011-January/025988.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2
http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.0.8-NEWS
http://secunia.com/advisories/44071
http://secunia.com/advisories/44088
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025256
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:066
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0390.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0792 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0793 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0873
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0876
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675036 Patch
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7936
http://gitweb.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83b94efa6b60a3ff5eee4c5f7812c617a90a03f6
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057641.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057736.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057737.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2011-January/025988.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2
http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.0.8-NEWS
http://secunia.com/advisories/44071
http://secunia.com/advisories/44088
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025256
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:066
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0390.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0792 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0793 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0873
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0876
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675036 Patch
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7936

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2011-1097), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-10). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.