CVE-2008-1720: Samba Rsync

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in rsync 2.6.9 to 3.0.1, with extended attribute (xattr) support enabled, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Samba Rsync: version 2.6.9 only; version 2.7.0 only; version 2.7.1 only; version 2.7.2 only; version 2.7.3 only; version 2.7.4 only; …

Published 2008-04-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.