Debian DLA-1056-1 : cvs security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 102441

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a command injection vulnerability in the CVS revision control system.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in cvs version 2:1.12.13+real-9+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your cvs packages. Thanks to Thorsten Glaser <[email protected]> for preparing and testing this upload.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected cvs package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102441

File Name: debian_DLA-1056.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/14/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cvs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12836

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