CVE-2014-8990

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8990
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-05 16:59:11 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptiondefault-rsyncssh.lua in Lsyncd 2.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-77 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Application Lsyncd Project Lsyncd All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request: lsyncd command injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3130-1 lsyncd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: lsyncd-2.1.4-4.fc19.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: lsyncd-2.1.4-4.fc20.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE request: lsyncd command injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Lsyncd 'default-rsyncssh.lua' Remote Command Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Backtick in filename make mv fail · Issue #220 · axkibe/lsyncd · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
Lsyncd: Remote execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 201702-05) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Properly sanitize mv parameters (CVE-2014-8990) · e6016b3 · axkibe/lsyncd · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
Sanitize mv arguments: · 18f02ad · axkibe/lsyncd · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710465 Gentoo Linux Lsyncd Remote execution of arbitrary code Vulnerability (GLSA 201702-05)

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