When was CVE-2014-2855 disclosed?

CVE-2014-2855 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 23, 2014, with the most recent update on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2014-2855 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-2855 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 95.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2014-2855?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2014-2855, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2014-2855

NONENVD 0.0

0.0

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.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 95.1%
KEV: Not listed

References (22)

security@ubuntuhttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0065.html
security@ubuntuhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131910.html
security@ubuntuhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00006.html
security@ubuntuhttp://secunia.com/advisories/57948
security@ubuntuhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:131
security@ubuntuhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/14/5
security@ubuntuhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/15/1
security@ubuntuhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2171-1
security@ubuntuhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1307230
security@ubuntuhttps://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10551
security@ubuntuhttps://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0dedfbce2c1b851684ba658861fe9d620636c56a
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0065.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131910.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00006.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/57948

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