Command Injection - CVE-2014-8990
Published: December 5, 2014 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33062
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8990
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
default-rsyncssh.lua in Lsyncd 2.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.
Affected software
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
lsyncd
Fedora
lsyncd
How to mitigate CVE-2014-8990
Install update from vendor's website.
lsyncd - addressed in versions 2.1.4-4.el5.1.1, 2.1.4-4.el6.1.1, 2.1.5-0.el6, 2.1.5-6.el7, 2.1.5-6.fc21
External 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