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GLSA-200404-13 : CVS Server and Client Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14478

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200404-13 (CVS Server and Client Vulnerabilities)

 There are two vulnerabilities in CVS; one in the server and one in the client. The server vulnerability allows a malicious client to request the contents of any RCS file to which the server has permission, even those not located under $CVSROOT. The client vulnerability allows a malicious server to overwrite files on the client machine anywhere the client has permissions.
 Impact :

 Arbitrary files may be read or written on CVS clients and servers by anybody with access to the CVS tree.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest stable version of CVS.

Solution

All CVS users should upgrade to the latest stable version.
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=dev-util/cvs-1.11.15' # emerge '>=dev-util/cvs-1.11.15'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a3f99663

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200404-13

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14478

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200404-13.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cvs, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0180, CVE-2004-0405

GLSA: 200404-13