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Oracle Linux 6 : cvs (ELSA-2010-0918)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68149

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0918 :

An updated cvs package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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.

An array index error, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way CVS applied certain delta fragment changes from input files in the RCS (Revision Control System file) format. If an attacker in control of a CVS repository stored a specially crafted RCS file in that repository, and then tricked a remote victim into checking out (updating their CVS repository tree) a revision containing that file, it could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the CVS server process on the system hosting the CVS repository.
(CVE-2010-3846)

Red Hat would like to thank Ralph Loader for reporting this issue.

All users of cvs are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected cvs package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2010-0918.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68149

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0918.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 9/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3846

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cvs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/5/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3846

BID: 44528

RHSA: 2010:0918