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Debian DSA-715-1 : cvs - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 18151

Synopsis

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

Description

Several problems have been discovered in the CVS server, which serves the popular Concurrent Versions System. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

 - CAN-2004-1342 Maks Polunin and Alberto Garcia discovered independently that using the pserver access method in connection with the repouid patch that Debian uses it is possible to bypass the password and gain access to the repository in question.

 - CAN-2004-1343

 Alberto Garcia discovered that a remote user can cause the cvs server to crash when the cvs-repouids file exists but does not contain a mapping for the current repository, which can be used as a denial of service attack.

Solution

Upgrade the cvs package.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.11.1p1debian-10.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=260200

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-715

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18151

File Name: debian_DSA-715.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/28/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1342, CVE-2004-1343

CERT: 327037

DSA: 715