CVE-2004-0180

Description

The client for CVS before 1.11 allows a remote malicious CVS server to create arbitrary files using certain RCS diff files that use absolute pathnames during checkouts or updates, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0405.

2.6

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.95% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory freebsd.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory redhat.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/11548	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1042	signature vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9462	signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/11400	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11375	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-486	patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:028	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11368	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11380	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15864	vdb entry
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.5/common/002_cvs.patch
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.400181	vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040404-01-U.asc	vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:07.cvs.asc	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11374	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11377	third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-13.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11371	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-153.html	patch vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108636445031613&w=2	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11405	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-154.html	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11391	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0180?: CVE-2004-0180 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-0180?: To fix CVE-2004-0180, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-0180 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-0180 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.