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UPDATE: [ GLSA 200504-16 ] CVS: Multiple vulnerabilities

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen)
Fri Apr 22 11:23:08 2005

From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@gentoo.org>
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory [UPDATE]               GLSA 200504-16:02
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  Severity: High
     Title: CVS: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: April 18, 2005
   Updated: April 21, 2005
      Bugs: #86476
        ID: 200504-16:02

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Update
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The initial version did not fix several DoS vulnerabilities and one instanc=
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under very specific circumstances.

The updated sections appear below.

Affected packages
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     Package       /  Vulnerable  /                         Unaffected
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  1  dev-util/cvs      < 1.11.20                            >=3D 1.11.20

Description
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Alen Zukich has discovered several serious security issues in CVS,
including at least one buffer overflow (CAN-2005-0753), memory leaks
and a NULL pointer dereferencing error. Furthermore when launching
trigger scripts CVS includes a user controlled directory.

Resolution
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All CVS users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Ddev-util/cvs-1.11.20"

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-16.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

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