Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: cvs

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 11, 2004

Debian Security Advisory DSA 517-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/
Martin Schulze
June 10th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq


Package : cvs
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-0414

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.

We recommend that you upgrade your cvs package.

Upgrade Instructions


wget url

will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb

will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update

will update the internal database apt-get upgrade

will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody


Source archives:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6.dsc

Size/MD5 checksum: 693 78cbaadcaaca26b6314519f07438f315

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6.diff.gz

Size/MD5 checksum: 53411 8929158c0e561a3a9dfffb3fe139ebcc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian.orig.tar.gz

Size/MD5 checksum: 2621658 500965ab9702b31605f8c58aa21a6205

Alpha architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_alpha.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1178980 a0cbfe582bc24d6aeaabf73864cf5ea7

ARM architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_arm.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1105486 b72090d480345f2d53a9865508ccbde6

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Intel IA-32 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1086270 045983b8647b3c1ddfdf790f38827099

Intel IA-64 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_ia64.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1271230 345ffdefe2745de88627909480628d3c

HP Precision architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_hppa.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1147628 d13cf3f32407ec327dff62079825aa97

Motorola 680×0 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_m68k.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1065934 61ace03fa7975fd2d16b52973635823a

Big endian MIPS architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_mips.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1130030 a246813a0ec77d80ca670dd4d8b3cf6e

Little endian MIPS architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_mipsel.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1131336 0e207672b627d0273967a98893d85afd

PowerPC architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_powerpc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1116424 d43475e6515397d7b2cdabbf3841e4eb

IBM S/390 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_s390.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1097264 547f092cf847da218eea35301575319c

Sun Sparc architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cvs/cvs_1.11.1p1debian-9woody6_sparc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 1107512 c960e899d7e95b357a1fff411d86bd6e

These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution
on its next update.


For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/
stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security
dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>’ and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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