VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-8990

high
Published 2014-12-05 · 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
7.5

Description

default-rsyncssh.lua in Lsyncd 2.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

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.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact
fedora Fedora Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
20 Affected —
19 Affected —
debian Debian Mixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2.1.5-2
sid Fixed 2.1.5-2
bullseye Fixed 2.1.5-2
bookworm Fixed 2.1.5-2
7.0 Affected —

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
lsyncd_projectlsyncd{"endIncluding":"2.1.5"}

References

CWEs

CWE-77

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

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