| Name | CVE-2014-2855 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 744791 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| rsync (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.1.1-3+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 3.1.2-1+deb9u3 | fixed |
| buster | 3.1.3-6 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.2.3-4+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.2.7-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.3.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| rsync | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| rsync | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| rsync | source | (unstable) | 3.1.0-3 | | | 744791 |
Notes
[wheezy] - rsync <not-affected> (Introduced in 3.1.0)
[squeeze] - rsync <not-affected> (Introduced in 3.1.0)
Introduced with https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git;a=commitdiff;h=5ebe9a46d7f3c846a6d665cb8c6ab8b79508a6df
Fix: https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git;a=commitdiff;h=0dedfbce2c1b851684ba658861fe9d620636c56a