FKIE_CVE-2014-8990

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-12-05 16:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:17
Severity
Summary
default-rsyncssh.lua in Lsyncd 2.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145114.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145131.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/62321
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3130Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71179Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/18f02ad013b41a72753912155ae2ba72f2a53e52Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/e6016b3748370878778b8f0b568d5281cc248aa4Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/issues/220Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-05
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145114.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145131.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/62321
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3130Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71179Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/18f02ad013b41a72753912155ae2ba72f2a53e52Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/e6016b3748370878778b8f0b568d5281cc248aa4Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/issues/220Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-05
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux 7.0
fedoraproject fedora 19
fedoraproject fedora 20
lsyncd_project lsyncd *
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