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Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : cvs (cve_2012_0804_buffer_errors)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 80598

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Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

 - Heap-based buffer overflow in the proxy_connect function in src/client.c in CVS 1.11 and 1.12 allows remote HTTP proxy servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP response. (CVE-2012-0804)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11.2.

See Also

https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/cve-2012-0804-buffer-errors-vulnerability-in-cvs

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 80598

File Name: solaris11_cvs_20140731.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:cvs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0804