CVE-2014-2855
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-04-23 14:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-04-15
- Assigning CNA
- canonical
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ff1a9e51239bbc3e54f325377839b754e0e84d119d699def582c238338c6482a
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.samba.orghttps://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0dedfbce2c1b851684ba658861fe9d620636c56a
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2171-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2171-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0595http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00006.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140414 CVE Request: rsync denial of servicehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/14/5
- secunia.com57948http://secunia.com/advisories/57948
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-5315http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131910.html
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1307230
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:131http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:131
- bugzilla.samba.orghttps://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10551
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0065.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140415 Re: CVE Request: rsync denial of servicehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rsync Fixed in 3.1.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rsync Fixed in 3.1.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rsync Fixed in 3.1.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- rsync Fixed in 3.1.0-2ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.