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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-16
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Severity: High
Title: CVS: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 18, 2005
Bugs: #86476
ID: 200504-16
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Synopsis
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Several serious vulnerabilities have been found in CVS, which may allow
an attacker to remotely compromise a CVS server or cause a DoS.
Background
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CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is an open-source network-transparent
version control system. It contains both a client utility and a server.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-util/cvs < 1.11.18-r1 >= 1.11.18-r1
Description
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Alen Zukich has discovered several serious security issues in CVS,
including at least one buffer overflow (CAN-2005-0753), memory leaks
and a NULL pointer dereferencing error.
Impact
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An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a Denial of
Service or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the CVS
pserver or the authenticated user (depending on the connection method
used).
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All CVS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/cvs-1.11.18-r1"
References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-0753
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0753
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-16.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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