Description
serve_notify in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, does not properly handle empty data lines, which may allow remote attackers to perform an "out-of-bounds" write for a single byte to execute arbitrary code or modify critical program data.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-519 ↗
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/092004.html ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11242 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1003 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108716553923643&w=2 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-233.html ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:058 ↗
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-06.xml ↗
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-June/022441.html ↗