CVE-2014-2855
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2855
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-2855.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-2855
- Related
- Published
- 2014-04-23T15:55:04Z
- Modified
- 2025-04-12T10:46:40Z
- Downstream
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The check_secret function in authenticate.c in rsync 3.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a user name which does not exist in the secrets file.
- References
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- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0065.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57948
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:131
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2171-1
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10551
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131910.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00006.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/14/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1307230
- https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0dedfbce2c1b851684ba658861fe9d620636c56a
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2855
Affected packages
Debian:11 / rsync
Package
- Name
- rsync
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/rsync?arch=source
Debian:12 / rsync
Package
- Name
- rsync
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/rsync?arch=source
Debian:13 / rsync
Package
- Name
- rsync
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/rsync?arch=source