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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54192
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-742-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'cvs' package(s) announced via the DSA-742-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'cvs' package(s) announced via the DSA-742-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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.

Affected Software/OS:
'cvs' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0753
14976
http://secunia.com/advisories/14976/
DSA-742
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-742
GLSA-200504-16
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-16.xml
RHSA-2005:387
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-387.html
SUSE-SA:2005:024
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_cvs.html
cvs-bo(20148)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20148
http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=54352&action=view
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9688
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9688
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