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
http://secunia.com/product/974/

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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