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Slackware Advisory SSA:2004-140-01 cvs

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Slackware 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

11 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update as announced via advisory SSA:2004-140-01.

Insight

Insight

New cvs packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a buffer overflow vulnerability which could allow an attacker to run arbitrary programs on the CVS server. Sites running a CVS server should upgrade to the new CVS package right away.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to the new package(s).

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)