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CVS Entry Line Heap Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA11641
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Release Date:
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2004-05-19
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Last Update:
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2004-05-20
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Popularity:
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16,944 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-0396
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Description:
Stefan Esser has reported a vulnerability in CVS, allowing malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the handling of modified or unchanged flag insertion into CVS entry lines, which can be exploited to cause a heap overflow.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability has been reported in the following versions:
* Feature version 1.12.7 and prior.
* Stable version 1.11.15 and prior.
Solution:
The vulnerability has been fixed in versions 1.12.8 and 1.11.16.
http://ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/ProjectDownloadList
Provided and/or discovered by:
Stefan Esser, e-matters.
Changelog:
2004-05-20: Added version numbers in "Solution" section and link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
Original Advisory:
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/072004.html
Other References:
US-CERT VU#192038:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/192038
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