3227 : CVS Privilege Escalation
Printer | http://osvdb.org/3227 | Email This | Edit Vulnerability

Views This Week

3

Views All Time

23

Info

Last Modified

8 months ago

Percent Complete

65%

Disclosure

Dec 29, 2003

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

CVS contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered when a user with write access to the repository sends a malformed directory name and makes special use of the "update-prog" and "checkin-prog" commands to execute arbitrary code on the server with the priveleges of the running CVS server. If CVSROOT/passwd has been left as writeable this results in a root compromise. This flaw may lead to a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and/or Availability.

Classification

Unknown or Incomplete

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.11.11 (stable) or 1.12.5 (feature) or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

CVS

CVS

Unknown or Unspecified

References

Bugtraq ID: 6650
Generic Exploit URL: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104428571204468&w=2
Other Advisory URL: http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012003.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-233
ISS X-Force ID: 11108
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.openbsd.org/errata32.html#cvs
Secunia Advisory ID: 10502
CVE ID: 2003-0015 (see also: NVD)
CERT: CA-2003-02
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/ProjectDownloadList

Tools & Filters

Nessus	11385 12351 13772 13994 15070 18708
Snort	2010 2011

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

Blogs

Provided by Technorati

None found at this time

Comments

Add Comment Hide Add Comment

No Comments.

User Status

Account
- Login
- Sign-Up

Quick Searches

Advertisements

The database information may change without any notice. Use of the information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition, and there are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. In no event shall the copyright holder or distributor (OSVDB or OSF) be held liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use or spread of this information.

© Copyright 2008 Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB), All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Statement - Terms of Use