CVE-2014-8990
default-rsyncssh.lua in Lsyncd 2.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
default-rsyncssh.lua in Lsyncd 2.1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.24% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · lsyncd project/lsyncd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145114.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145131.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62321
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3130Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71179Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/18f02ad013b41a72753912155ae2ba72f2a53e52Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/e6016b3748370878778b8f0b568d5281cc248aa4Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/issues/220Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-05
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145114.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145131.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62321
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3130Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71179Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/18f02ad013b41a72753912155ae2ba72f2a53e52Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/commit/e6016b3748370878778b8f0b568d5281cc248aa4Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/axkibe/lsyncd/issues/220Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-05
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.