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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53794
rsync before 3.5.0 contains a logic error in --max-alloc handling that allows a sender or configuration setting --max-alloc=0 to disable allocation sa...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
rsync before 3.5.0 contains a logic error in --max-alloc handling that allows a sender or configuration setting --max-alloc=0 to disable allocation sanity checks entirely rather than enforcing a zero-byte cap. Attackers can exploit this flaw to cause the receiver to attempt unbounded memory allocations for file list and data structures, potentially exhausting available memory and causing a denial of service.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
rsync
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13
rsync
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.0+ds1-0+deb13u1"}]}]
Debian:14
rsync
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.0+ds1-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org