Bug 118719 - CAN-2004-0180 Malicious CVS server
Summary: CAN-2004-0180 Malicious CVS server
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification: Red Hat
Component: cvs
Version: 2.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nalin Dahyabhai
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-03-19 14:48 UTC by Mark J. Cox
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:06 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-04-14 13:53:59 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2004:153 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: cvs security update 2004-04-14 04:00:00 UTC

Description Mark J. Cox 2004-03-19 14:48:46 UTC 
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
Comment 2 Mark J. Cox 2004-03-29 07:19:50 UTC 
note: embargo date set as Apr14

RHSA-2004:153 in progress
Comment 3 Mark J. Cox 2004-04-14 13:53:59 UTC 
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
Comment 4 Mark J. Cox 2004-04-14 14:05:32 UTC 
removing embargo
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