Debian Security Advisory
DSA-742-1 cvs -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 07 Jul 2005
- Affected Packages:
- cvs
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 305254.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0753. - More information:
-
Derek Price, the current maintainer of CVS, discovered a buffer overflow in the CVS server, that serves the popular Concurrent Versions System, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.11.1p1debian-12.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.9-13.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.9-13.
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-12.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-12.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-12.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-12_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-12_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-12_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-12_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-12_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-12_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-12_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-12_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-12_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-12_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-12_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.