Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 : cvs vulnerability (USN-1371-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 58104

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that cvs incorrectly handled certain responses from proxy servers. If a user were tricked into connecting to a malicious proxy server, a remote attacker could cause cvs to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected cvs package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1371-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 58104

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1371-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/23/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cvs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0804

BID: 51943

USN: 1371-1