OpenPKG Security Advisory

Publisher Name:          OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home:          http://openpkg.com/

Advisory Id (public):    OpenPKG-SA-2004.027
Advisory Type:           OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory:      http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document:       http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2004.027
Advisory Published:      2010-02-09 18:36 UTC

Issue Id (internal):     OpenPKG-SI-20040611.01
Issue First Created:     2004-06-11
Issue Last Modified:     2006-11-28
Issue Revision:          06


Subject Name:            CVS
Subject Summary:         Concurrent Versions Systems (CVS)
Subject Home:            http://www.cvshome.org/
Subject Versions:        * <= 1.12.8

Vulnerability Id:        CVE-2004-0414, CVE-2004-0416, CVE-2004-0417, CVE-2004-0418
Vulnerability Scope:     global (not OpenPKG specific)

Attack Feasibility:      run-time
Attack Vector:           remote network
Attack Impact:           privilege escalation

Description:
    According to an e-matters Security Advisory [0] multiple
    vulnerabilities exist in the Concurrent Versions System (CVS) [1].
    Derek Price, Stefan Esser and Sebastian Krahmer discovered and fixed
    several security issues.

References:
    [0] http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html
    [1] http://www.cvshome.org/
    [2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0414
    [3] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0416
    [4] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0417
    [5] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0418
    [6] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
    [7] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-binary
    [8] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/cvs-1.12.1-1.3.6.src.rpm
    [9] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.0/UPD/cvs-1.12.5-2.0.3.src.rpm
    [10] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.3/UPD/
    [11] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/2.0/UPD/
    [12] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature


Primary Package Name:    cvs
Primary Package Home:    http://openpkg.org/go/package/cvs

Affected Distribution:   Affected Branch:  Affected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.3-SOLID         cvs-1.12.1-1.3.5
OpenPKG Community        2.0-SOLID         cvs-1.12.5-2.0.2
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           cvs-1.12.8-20040607

Corrected Distribution:  Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Community        1.3-SOLID         cvs-1.12.1-1.3.6
OpenPKG Community        2.0-SOLID         cvs-1.12.5-2.0.3
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           cvs-1.12.9-20040609