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CentOS 5 / 6 : cvs (CESA-2012:0321)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 58108

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated cvs packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Concurrent Version System (CVS) is a version control system that can record the history of your files.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the CVS client handled responses from HTTP proxies. A malicious HTTP proxy could use this flaw to cause the CVS client to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the CVS client.
(CVE-2012-0804)

All users of cvs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected cvs packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?842e2863

http://www.nessus.org/u?87a0a9b6

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 58108

File Name: centos_RHSA-2012-0321.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2012

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0804

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cvs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cvs-inetd, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

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

RHSA: 2012:0321