CVE-2014-8242 | Vulnerability Database | Aqua Security

librsync before 1.0.0 uses a truncated MD4 checksum to match blocks, which makes it easier for remote attackers to modify transmitted data via a birthday attack.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Librsync	Librsync_project	*	1.0.0 (excluding)
Librsync	Ubuntu	artful	*
Librsync	Ubuntu	bionic	*
Librsync	Ubuntu	cosmic	*
Librsync	Ubuntu	disco	*
Librsync	Ubuntu	esm-infra/bionic	*
Librsync	Ubuntu	esm-infra/xenial	*
Librsync	Ubuntu	lucid	*
Librsync	Ubuntu	precise	*
Librsync	Ubuntu	trusty	*
Librsync	Ubuntu	utopic	*
Librsync	Ubuntu	vivid	*
Librsync	Ubuntu	wily	*
Librsync	Ubuntu	xenial	*
Librsync	Ubuntu	yakkety	*
Librsync	Ubuntu	zesty	*

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151105.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152355.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152366.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00034.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/28/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/05/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/13/2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1126712
https://github.com/librsync/librsync/issues/5
https://github.com/librsync/librsync/releases/tag/v1.0.0
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-04
https://www.miknet.net/security/optimizing-birthday-attack/

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8242
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/310.html