CVE-2014-2855 (GCVE-0-2014-2855)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-04-23 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
11 references
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/14/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/57948 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA |
| https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10551 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0065.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2014-04-13 00:00
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
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