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CVE-2014-2855

CVE-2014-2855

EPSS 4.1%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0065.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131910.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00006.htmlhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1307230https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10551http://secunia.com/advisories/57948https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0dedfbce2c1b851684ba658861fe9d620636c56ahttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:131http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/14/5http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2171-1