DSA 742-1: New cvs packages fix arbitrary code execution
Posted on: 07/08/2005 05:36 AM
A cvs update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 742-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze July 7th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Package : cvs Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0753 Debian Bug : 305254
Derek Price, the current maintainer of CVS, discovered a buffer overflow in the CVS server, that serves the popular Concurrent Versions System, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.11.1p1debian-12.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.9-13.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.12.9-13.
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 - --------------------------------