Debian DSA-233-1 : cvs - doubly freed memory

high Nessus Plugin ID 15070

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Stefan Esser discovered a problem in cvs, a concurrent versions system, which is used for many Free Software projects. The current version contains a flaw that can be used by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the CVS server under the user id the CVS server runs as. Anonymous read-only access is sufficient to exploit this problem.

Solution

Upgrade the cvs package immediately.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.11.1p1debian-8.1.

For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.7-9.2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15070

File Name: debian_DSA-233.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cvs

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2003

Exploitable With

CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0015

CERT: 650937

DSA: 233

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