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Vulnerability details: VCID-mwde-7pds-33c5
Vulnerability ID VCID-mwde-7pds-33c5
Aliases CVE-2014-2855
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.2
Risk 0.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.17189 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2855
epss 0.17189 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2855
epss 0.17189 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2855
epss 0.17189 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2855
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-2855.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2855
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2855
1087841 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087841
744791 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=744791
USN-2171-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2171-1/
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.95143
EPSS Score 0.17189
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T17:10:03.270796+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0