Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in TortoiseCVS, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
TortoiseCVS "SSH2_MSG_DEBUG" Packet Handling Buffer Overflow
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA13012
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13012/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
TortoiseCVS 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4183/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in TortoiseCVS, which potentially
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA12987
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.8.3.
http://www.tortoisecvs.org/download.shtml
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=278365
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA12987:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12987/
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