MGASA-2015-0065

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    MGASA-2015-0065

    Published: 15 Feb 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-2855

    Summary: Updated rsync package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: Updated rsync package fixes security vulnerability: Ryan Finnie discovered that rsync 3.1.0 contains a denial of service issue when attempting to authenticate using a nonexistent username. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service via CPU consumption (CVE-2014-2855). The previous update for this issue in MGASA-2014-0179 failed to properly apply the needed patch, so the package has been rebuilt to address this issue.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0065.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13214, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/1, http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0179.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rsync

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/rsync?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.0-4.3.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High