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CVE-2014-2855

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Date: April 23, 2014

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (15)

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:131
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2855
http://secunia.com/advisories/57948
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00006.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2171-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1307230
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/14/5
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2855
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10551
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0065.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131910.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-2855
https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0dedfbce2c1b851684ba658861fe9d620636c56a
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-2855

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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