CVE-2014-8990

critical

Description

default-rsyncssh.lua in Lsyncd 2.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

References

Advisories
More

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71179

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/1

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3130

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145131.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145114.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-05

https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/issues/220

https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/e6016b3748370878778b8f0b568d5281cc248aa4

https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/18f02ad013b41a72753912155ae2ba72f2a53e52

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2014-8817

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/5

http://secunia.com/advisories/62321

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-12-05

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05236