CVE-2017-15994 is a critical vulnerability affecting rsync 3.1.3-development versions prior to 2017-10-24, where it improperly handles archaic checksums, potentially allowing remote attackers to bypass access restrictions. This vulnerability, also impacting Samba rsync, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness despite no media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.