CVE-2002-0048: Andrew Tridgell Rsync

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple signedness errors (mixed signed and unsigned numbers) in the I/O functions of rsync 2.4.6, 2.3.2, and other versions allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and execute arbitrary code in the rsync client or server.

Affected products

• Andrew Tridgell Rsync: version 2.3.1 only; version 2.3.2 only; version 2.3.2_1.2 only; version 2.4.1 only; version 2.4.3 only; version 2.4.4 only; …

Published 2002-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.