CVE-2014-2855
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 4.12%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 91
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-20
Referencias
- 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
- 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
JSON original (NVD)
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