PT-2015-4028 · Librsync+2 · Librsync+2

Michael Samuel · Published 2015-04-15 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2014-8242

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions librsync versions prior to 1.0.0

Description The issue makes it easier for remote attackers to modify transmitted data via a birthday attack, as librsync uses a truncated MD4 checksum to match blocks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.0, update to version 1.0.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2022-1299

ALT-PU-2022-1770

CVE-2014-8242

MGASA-2015-0146

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10257-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10548-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0173-1

SUSE-SU-2016:0176-1

SUSE-SU-2016_0173-1

SUSE-SU-2016_0176-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Librsync

References · 49

• https://github.com/librsync/librsync/releases/tag/v1.0.0 · Patch
• https://github.com/librsync/librsync/issues/5 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10548-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8242 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10257-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8242 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152355.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152366.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2022-1299 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8242 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152366.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-8242 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00034.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2022-1770 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8242 · Vendor Advisory