CVE-2014-2855: Samba Rsync

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Samba Rsync: up to and including 3.1.0; version 2.6.9 only; version 2.7.0 only; version 2.7.1 only; version 2.7.2 only; version 2.7.3 only; …

Published 2014-04-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.