Debian Security Advisory
DSA-517-1 cvs -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 10 Jun 2004
- Affected Packages:
- cvs
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 10499.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0414. - More information:
-
Derek Robert Price discovered a potential buffer overflow vulnerability in the CVS server, based on a malformed Entry, which serves the popular Concurrent Versions System.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.11.1p1debian-9woody6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.9-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your cvs package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.