Package : cvs Vulnerability : several Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-0416 CAN-2004-0417 CAN-2004-0418
Sebastian Krahmer and Stefan Esser discovered several vulnerabilities in the CVS server, which serves the popular Concurrent Versions System. The Common Vulnerability and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CAN-2004-0416: double-free() in error_prog_name
CAN-2004-0417: argument integer overflow
CAN-2004-0418: out of bound writes in serve_notify()
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.11.1p1debian-9woody7.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.9-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your cvs package.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------
