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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] UPDATE: [ GLSA 200504-16 ] CVS: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:33:08
Message-Id: 200504221335.39571.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory [UPDATE] GLSA 200504-16:02
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: CVS: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: April 18, 2005
10 Updated: April 21, 2005
11 Bugs: #86476
12 ID: 200504-16:02
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16 Update
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19 The initial version did not fix several DoS vulnerabilities and one
20 instance of arbitrary code execution. The arbitrary code execution was only
21 possible under very specific circumstances.
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23 The updated sections appear below.
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25 Affected packages
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29 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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31 1 dev-util/cvs < 1.11.20 >= 1.11.20
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33 Description
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36 Alen Zukich has discovered several serious security issues in CVS,
37 including at least one buffer overflow (CAN-2005-0753), memory leaks
38 and a NULL pointer dereferencing error. Furthermore when launching
39 trigger scripts CVS includes a user controlled directory.
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41 Resolution
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44 All CVS users should upgrade to the latest version:
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46 # emerge --sync
47 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/cvs-1.11.20"
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49 Availability
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52 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
53 the Gentoo Security Website:
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55 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-16.xml
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57 Concerns?
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60 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
61 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
62 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
63 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
64 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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66 License
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69 Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
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72 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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