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CVE-2014-8990

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-12-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

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

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 19, 20
• Lsyncd Project Lsyncd: through 2.1.5

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145114.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145131.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62321
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3130
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71179
• https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/18f02ad013b41a72753912155ae2ba72f2a53e52
• https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/e6016b3748370878778b8f0b568d5281cc248aa4
• https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/issues/220
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-05
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145114.html

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