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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53207
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian Security Advisory DSA 517-1 (cvs)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to cvs;announced via advisory DSA 517-1.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to cvs
announced via advisory DSA 517-1.

Vulnerability Insight:
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 1.12.8-1.

Solution:
We recommend that you upgrade your cvs package.

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0414
Bugtraq: 20040611 [OpenPKG-SA-2004.027] OpenPKG Security Advisory (cvs) (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108716553923643&w=2
Debian Security Information: DSA-517 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-517
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/022441.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-06.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:058
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10575
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A993
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-233.html
SGI Security Advisory: 20040604-01-U
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040604-01-U.asc
SGI Security Advisory: 20040605-01-U
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040605-01-U.asc
SuSE Security Announcement: SuSE-SA:2004:015 (Google Search)
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