Description
openrsync through 0.5.0, as used in OpenBSD through 7.8 and on other platforms, allows a client to cause a server SIGSEGV by specifying a length of zero for block data, because the relationship between p->rem and p->len is not checked.
References2
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.3
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 21 · as of 11 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-1284
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