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GLSA-200504-16 : CVS: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 18088

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200504-16 (CVS: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 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. Furthermore when launching trigger scripts CVS includes a user controlled directory.
 Impact :

 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 :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All CVS users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/cvs-1.11.20'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200504-16

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18088

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200504-16.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 4/19/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cvs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0753

GLSA: 200504-16