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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200504-16

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200504-16
Posted May 29, 2005
Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-16 - Alen Zukich has discovered several serious security issues in CVS, including at least one buffer overflow (CVE-2005-0753), memory leaks and a NULL pointer dereferencing error. Versions less than 1.11.18-r1 are affected.

tags | advisory, overflow, memory leak
systems | linux, gentoo
advisories | CVE-2005-0753
SHA-256 | 71478e23debfee6f1ab5821db6951480baef1646b37e0cc240ba3d846f7ea1d5

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200504-16

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Severity: High
Title: CVS: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 18, 2005
Bugs: #86476
ID: 200504-16

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Synopsis
========

Several serious vulnerabilities have been found in CVS, which may allow
an attacker to remotely compromise a CVS server or cause a DoS.

Background
==========

CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is an open-source network-transparent
version control system. It contains both a client utility and a server.

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-util/cvs < 1.11.18-r1 >= 1.11.18-r1

Description
===========

Alen Zukich has discovered several serious security issues in CVS,
including at least one buffer overflow (CAN-2005-0753), memory leaks
and a NULL pointer dereferencing error.

Impact
======

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a Denial of
Service or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the CVS
pserver or the authenticated user (depending on the connection method
used).

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All CVS users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/cvs-1.11.18-r1"

References
==========

[ 1 ] CAN-2005-0753
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0753

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-16.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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