CentOS 5 / 6 : cvs (CESA-2012:0321)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 58108

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated cvs packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Concurrent Version System (CVS) is a version control system that can record the history of your files.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the CVS client handled responses from HTTP proxies. A malicious HTTP proxy could use this flaw to cause the CVS client to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the CVS client.
(CVE-2012-0804)

All users of cvs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected cvs packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?842e2863

http://www.nessus.org/u?87a0a9b6

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 58108

File Name: centos_RHSA-2012-0321.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2012

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0804

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cvs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cvs-inetd, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0804

BID: 51943

RHSA: 2012:0321