{"id":"USN-2171-1","summary":"rsync vulnerability","details":"Ryan Finnie discovered that the rsync daemon incorrectly handled invalid\nusernames. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause rsync to consume\nresources, resulting in a denial of service.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:48Z","published":"2014-04-23T14:41:32Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2855"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-2855","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2855"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2171-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2855"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rsync","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/rsync@3.1.0-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.0-2ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["3.0.9-4ubuntu1","3.1.0-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.1.0-2ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"rsync"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2014-2855"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2171-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}