Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703940
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3940-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'cvs' package(s) announced via the DSA-3940-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'cvs' package(s) announced via the DSA-3940-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that CVS, a centralised version control system, did not correctly handle maliciously constructed repository URLs, which allowed an attacker to run an arbitrary shell command. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.12.13+real-15+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.12.13+real-22+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your cvs packages. Affected Software/OS: 'cvs' package(s) on Debian 8, Debian 9. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.1 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-12836 BugTraq ID: 100279 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100279 Debian Security Information: DSA-3940 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3940 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-17 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1480800 http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/bug-cvs/2017-08/msg00000.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/11/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/11/4 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3399-1
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