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Debian DSA-742-1 : cvs - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 18646

Synopsis

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

Description

Derek Price, the current maintainer of CVS, discovered a buffer overflow in the CVS server, that serves the popular Concurrent Versions System, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the cvs package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.11.1p1debian-12.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.9-13.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=305254

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-742

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18646

File Name: debian_DSA-742.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/8/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cvs, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0753

DSA: 742