{"id":"CVE-2014-2855","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:18:42.113499826Z","published":"2014-04-23T15:55:04Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:10548-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0065.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/57948"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:131"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2171-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10551"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131910.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00006.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/14/5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1307230"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0dedfbce2c1b851684ba658861fe9d620636c56a"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}