Bug 118719
| Summary: | CAN-2004-0180 Malicious CVS server | ||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | Reporter: | Mark J. Cox <mjc> |
| Component: | cvs | Assignee: | Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Ben Levenson <benl> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 2.1 | Keywords: | Security |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2004-04-14 13:53:59 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
| Embargoed: | |||
note: embargo date set as Apr14 RHSA-2004:153 in progress An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-153.html removing embargo |
Sebastian Krahmer discovered a flaw in CVS clients where rcs diff files can create files with absolute pathnames. An attacker could create a fake malicious CVS server that would cause arbitrary files to be created or overwritten when a victim connects to it. Embargoed; not sure on public date yet. Possibly March 22nd or Apr 14th or March 31st. CAN-2004-0180 Affects: 2.1AS 2.1ES 2.1WS 2.1AW CAN-2004-0180 Affects: 3AS 3ES 3WS