GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200312-04
| GLSA: | 200312-04 |
| package: | dev-util/cvs |
| summary: | Fix for malformed module request vulnerability in cvs |
| severity: | minimal |
| Gentoo bug: | 35371 |
| date: | 2003-12-08 |
| CVE: | CAN-2003-0977 |
| exploit: | unknown |
| affected: | <=1.11.9 |
| fixed: | >=1.11.10 |
DESCRIPTION:
Quote from <http://ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsID=84>:
Stable CVS 1.11.10 has been released. Stable releases contain
only bug fixes from previous versions of CVS. This release fixes a
security issue with no known exploits that could cause previous
versions of CVS to attempt to create files and directories in the
filesystem root. This release also fixes several issues relevant to
case insensitive filesystems and some other bugs. We recommend this
upgrade for all CVS clients and servers!
SOLUTION:
All Gentoo Linux machines with cvs installed should be updated
to use cvs-1.11.10 or higher.
emerge sync
emerge -pv '>=dev-util/cvs-1.11.10'
emerge '>=dev-util/cvs-1.11.10'
emerge clean
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