CVE-2014-2855

N/A Unknown

Published: April 23, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026

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 the secrets file.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0065.html

Source: security@ubuntu.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131910.html

Source: security@ubuntu.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00006.html

Source: security@ubuntu.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/57948

Source: security@ubuntu.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:131

Source: security@ubuntu.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/14/5

Source: security@ubuntu.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/1

Source: security@ubuntu.com

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2171-1

Source: security@ubuntu.com

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1307230

Source: security@ubuntu.com

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10551

Source: security@ubuntu.com

Vendor Advisory

https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0dedfbce2c1b851684ba658861fe9d620636c56a

Source: security@ubuntu.com

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0065.html