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GLSA-201701-44 : CVS: Heap-based overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 96641

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-44 (CVS: Heap-based overflow)

 A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the proxy_connect function in src/client.c in CVS.
 Impact :

 An attacker, utilizing a remote HTTP proxy server, could cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP response.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All CVS users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-vcs/cvs-1.12.12-r11'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-44

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 96641

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201701-44.nasl

Version: 3.2

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cvs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0804

GLSA: 201701-44