Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53928
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2004-140-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'cvs' package(s) announced via the SSA:2004-140-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'cvs' package(s) announced via the SSA:2004-140-01 advisory. Vulnerability 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. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: [link moved to references] Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ Wed May 19 14:16:32 PDT 2004 patches/packages/cvs-1.11.16-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to cvs-1.11.16. From the NEWS file: A potential buffer overflow vulnerability in the server has been fixed. Prior to this patch, a malicious client could potentially use carefully crafted server requests to run arbitrary programs on the CVS server machine. For more details, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'cvs' package(s) on Slackware 8.1, Slackware 9.0, Slackware 9.1, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0396 BugTraq ID: 10384 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10384 Bugtraq: 20040519 Advisory 07/2004: CVS remote vulnerability (Google Search) http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2004/05/msg00219.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108498454829020&w=2 Bugtraq: 20040519 [OpenPKG-SA-2004.022] OpenPKG Security Advisory (cvs) (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108500040719512&w=2 Cert/CC Advisory: TA04-147A http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-147A.html CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#192038 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/192038 Computer Incident Advisory Center Bulletin: O-147 http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-147.shtml Debian Security Information: DSA-505 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-505 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108636445031613&w=2 FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-04:10 ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:10.cvs.asc http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0980.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-12.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:048 http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/072004.html NETBSD Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2004-008 ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-008.txt.asc OpenBSD Security Advisory: 20040520 cvs server buffer overflow vulnerability http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-security-announce&m=108508894405639&w=2 http://www.osvdb.org/6305 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9058 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A970 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-190.html http://secunia.com/advisories/11641 http://secunia.com/advisories/11647 http://secunia.com/advisories/11651 http://secunia.com/advisories/11652 http://secunia.com/advisories/11674 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.395865 SuSE Security Announcement: SuSE-SA:2004:013 (Google Search) http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021742.html XForce ISS Database: cvs-entry-line-bo(16193) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16193
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