DSA-2407-1 cvs -- heap overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2407-1 cvs -- heap overflow

Date Reported:

09 Feb 2012

Affected Packages:

cvs

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2012-0804.

More information:

It was discovered that a malicious CVS server could cause a heap overflow in the CVS client, potentially allowing the server to execute arbitrary code on the client.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.12.13-12+squeeze1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.12.13+real-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your cvs packages.