CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-2855

7.8 HIGH Published 2014-04-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-04-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

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.

Affected configurations

• samba rsync (<= 3.1.0) • samba rsync 2.6.9 • samba rsync 2.7.0 • samba rsync 2.7.1 • samba rsync 2.7.2 • samba rsync 2.7.3 • samba rsync 2.7.4 • samba rsync 2.7.5 • samba rsync 2.7.6 • samba rsync 2.7.7 • samba rsync 2.7.8 • samba rsync 2.7.9 • samba rsync 2.8.0 • samba rsync 2.8.1 • samba rsync 2.8.2 • samba rsync 2.8.3 • samba rsync 2.8.4 • samba rsync 2.8.5 • samba rsync 2.8.6 • samba rsync 2.8.7 • samba rsync 2.8.8 • samba rsync 2.8.9 • samba rsync 2.9.0 • samba rsync 2.9.1 • samba rsync 2.9.2 • samba rsync 2.9.3 • samba rsync 2.9.4 • samba rsync 2.9.5 • samba rsync 2.9.6 • samba rsync 2.9.7 • samba rsync 2.9.8 • samba rsync 2.9.9 • samba rsync 3.0.0 • samba rsync 3.0.1 • samba rsync 3.0.2 • samba rsync 3.0.3 • samba rsync 3.0.4 • samba rsync 3.0.5 • samba rsync 3.0.6 • samba rsync 3.0.7 • samba rsync 3.0.8 • samba rsync 3.0.9

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References