Secunia Security Advisory - Debian has issued an update for cvs. This fixes a security issue, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Debian udpate for cvs
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16725
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16725/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
http://secunia.com/product/143/
DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for cvs. This fixes a security issue,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to
perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated
privileges.
For more information:
SA16553
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-13.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 683 db16b937ddd5274dbcba38cd4fcd5888
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-13.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 57477 0f11d7ca8cb7b35bf4a12a8c4ad2716d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 2621658 500965ab9702b31605f8c58aa21a6205
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-13_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1179406 05f69db4383e65beda9af4fa5dc33481
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-13_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1106388 916e15a512c7010791a726ad60a758a5
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-13_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1085478 94dfd853806b5f4e17343184fa8b3a1e
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-13_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1272636 1966842db5aa4b4b73d70fb94cd53e82
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-13_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1148570 7d984ac4ba3ae1c98e1b31d09bc17b5e
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-13_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1067076 1c32e3d2af7669d06152c1586b2ab9be
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-13_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1130904 622e68d86b8ae619b6d014bb91cf8b33
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-13_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1132312 e6af9436fbd30a273abb8eeeef7cff80
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-13_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1117418 a45eb850d4e47f4f26162dc50060e8a2
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-13_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1098166 fd9bea393a0d256e01b0c7c22933af6e
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-13_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1108092 68aa285e827a0ce5b10733c6d0fb37bf
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-802
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16553:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16553/
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