Secunia Security Advisory - Two vulnerabilities have been reported in CVS, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
CVS zlib Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17054
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17054/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.x
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DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in CVS, which potentially can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service)
and compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to the use of a vulnerable version
of zlib.
For more information:
SA11129
SA15949
The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 1.12.12. Prior
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.12.13.
http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/#TOCdownloading
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA11129:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11129/
SA15949:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15949/
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