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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52692
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Legacy Security Advisory FLSA-2005:155508
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory FLSA-2005:155508.

A buffer overflow bug was found in the way the CVS client processes version
and author information. If a user can be tricked into connecting to a
malicious CVS server, an attacker could execute arbitrary code. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name
CVE-2005-0753 to this issue.

All users of cvs should upgrade to this updated package, which includes a
backported patch to correct these issues.

Affected platforms:
Redhat 7.3
Redhat 9
Fedora Core 1
Fedora Core 2

Solution:
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FLSA-2005:155508

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.5

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 13217
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0753
14976
http://secunia.com/advisories/14976/
DSA-742
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-742
GLSA-200504-16
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-16.xml
RHSA-2005:387
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-387.html
SUSE-SA:2005:024
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_cvs.html
cvs-bo(20148)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20148
http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=54352&action=view
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9688
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9688
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