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 the secrets file.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - security@ubuntu.com

Published

2014-04-23

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Rsync (Samba)

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0065.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131910.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00006.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/57948
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:131
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/14/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2171-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1307230
• https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10551
• https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0dedfbce2c1b851684ba658861fe9d620636c56a