CVE-2014-9512

medium

Published 2015-02-12 · 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

6.4

Description

rsync 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the synchronization path.

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

SUSE Affected 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
13.2	Affected	—
13.1	Affected	—
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.1.1-3`
sid	Fixed	`3.1.1-3`
forky	Fixed	`3.1.1-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.1.1-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.1.1-3`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
samba	rsync	`3.1.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-59

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

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