VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-2855

high
Published 2014-04-23 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 3.1.0-3
sid Fixed 3.1.0-3
forky Fixed 3.1.0-3
bullseye Fixed 3.1.0-3
bookworm Fixed 3.1.0-3

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
sambarsync{"endIncluding":"3.1.0"}
sambarsync2.6.9
sambarsync2.7.0
sambarsync2.7.1
sambarsync2.7.2
sambarsync2.7.3
sambarsync2.7.4
sambarsync2.7.5
sambarsync2.7.6
sambarsync2.7.7
sambarsync2.7.8
sambarsync2.7.9
sambarsync2.8.0
sambarsync2.8.1
sambarsync2.8.2
sambarsync2.8.3
sambarsync2.8.4
sambarsync2.8.5
sambarsync2.8.6
sambarsync2.8.7
sambarsync2.8.8
sambarsync2.8.9
sambarsync2.9.0
sambarsync2.9.1
sambarsync2.9.2
sambarsync2.9.3
sambarsync2.9.4
sambarsync2.9.5
sambarsync2.9.6
sambarsync2.9.7
sambarsync2.9.8
sambarsync2.9.9
sambarsync3.0.0
sambarsync3.0.1
sambarsync3.0.2
sambarsync3.0.3
sambarsync3.0.4
sambarsync3.0.5
sambarsync3.0.6
sambarsync3.0.7
sambarsync3.0.8
sambarsync3.0.9

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.