CVE-2014-8990

high
Published 2014-12-05 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
VIR risk
7.5

Description

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

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debian7.0affected
fedora fedora19affected
fedora fedora20affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.1.5-2
debian debianbullseyefixed2.1.5-2
debian debiansidfixed2.1.5-2
debian debiantrixiefixed2.1.5-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
lsyncd_projectlsyncd{"endIncluding":"2.1.5"}

References

CWEs

CWE-77

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.