7.5

CVE-2018-5764: canonical ubuntu_linux

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2018-5764MGASA-2018-0103SUSE-SU-2018:0172-1
Published 17-01-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-5764 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 6.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 6% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.39%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
DLA-1725-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11308-1USN-3543-1

Timeline

  1. 17-01-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The parse_arguments function in options.c in rsyncd in rsync before 3.1.3 does not prevent multiple --protect-args uses, which allows remote attackers to bypass an argument-sanitization protection mechanism.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

6.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 6.39% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse9 products
  • rsync&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2< 3.1.0-13.10.1
  • rsync&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3< 3.1.0-13.10.1
  • rsync&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4< 3.0.4-2.53.6.1
  • rsync&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2< 3.1.0-13.10.1
  • rsync&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3< 3.1.0-13.10.1
Debian2 products
  • rsync< 3.1.2-1+deb9u3 | < 3.0.9-4+deb7u2 | < 3.1.2-2.2
  • debian_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0
Mageia2 products
  • rsync< 3.1.1-5.4.mga5
  • rsync< 3.1.2-1.3.mga6
Alpine1 product
  • rsync< 3.1.3-r0
Canonical1 product
Samba1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • rsync< 3.1.0-2ubuntu0.4 | < 3.1.1-3ubuntu1.2

7 vendors · 17 products

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