CVS pserver Line Entry Handling Overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 12240

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Synopsis

The remote version control service has a remote heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

According to its version number, the remote CVS server has a heap- based buffer overflow vulnerability. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to CVS 1.12.8 / 1.11.16 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 12240

File Name: cvs_pserver_heap_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 5/19/2004

Updated: 7/6/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2004

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0396

BID: 10384

Detections

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