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Debian DSA-519-1 : cvs - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15356

Synopsis

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

Description

Sebastian Krahmer and Stefan Esser discovered several vulnerabilities in the CVS server, which serves the popular Concurrent Versions System. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

 - CAN-2004-0416: double-free() in error_prog_name
 - CAN-2004-0417: argument integer overflow

 - CAN-2004-0418: out of bound writes in serve_notify()

Solution

Upgrade the cvs package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.11.1p1debian-9woody7.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-519

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15356

File Name: debian_DSA-519.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 6/15/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0416, CVE-2004-0417, CVE-2004-0418, CVE-2004-0778

BID: 10499

CWE: 119

CERT: 579225

DSA: 519