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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200312-04 (CVS)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200312-04.

Insight

Insight

A bug in cvs could allow attempts to create files and directories outside a repository.

Solution

Solution

All Gentoo Linux machines with cvs installed should be updated to use dev-util/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 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200312-04 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35371

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