CVE-2014-8242

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8242
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-26 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionlibrsync before 1.0.0 uses a truncated MD4 checksum to match blocks, which makes it easier for remote attackers to modify transmitted data via a birthday attack.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Librsync Project Librsync All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
rsync: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201605-04) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - rsync vulnerable to collisions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: [CVE Requests] rsync and librsync collisions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: rdiff-backup-1.2.8-14.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - [CVE Requests] rsync and librsync collisions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Optimizing a Birthday Attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.miknet.net Third Party Advisory
SECURITY: MD4 collision/preimage attacks (CVE-2014-8242) · Issue #5 · librsync/librsync · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: librsync-1.0.0-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: duplicity-0.6.25-3.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:1752-1: moderate: Security update for rsync af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1126712 – CVE-2014-8242 librsync: MD4 collision file corruption af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Release 1.0.0 · librsync/librsync · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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