CVE-2004-0396

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in CVS 1.11.x up to 1.11.15, and 1.12.x up to 1.12.7, when using the pserver mechanism allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Entry lines.

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 82.24% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory freebsd.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory NetBSD.org Vendor Advisory org.uk
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/11641 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11652 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A970 vdb entry signature
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108500040719512&w=2 mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9058 vdb entry signature
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:048 vendor advisory
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2004/05/msg00219.html mailing list
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-security-announce&m=108508894405639&w=2 vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:10.cvs.asc vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-190.html patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11674 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-12.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11651 third party advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/6305 vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-147A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-147.shtml third party advisory government resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108498454829020&w=2 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/11647 third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108636445031613&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/192038 us government resource third party advisory patch
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0980.html mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-505 patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16193 vdb entry
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/072004.html
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.395865 vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-008.txt.asc vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10384 vdb entry
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021742.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0396?
CVE-2004-0396 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-0396?
To fix CVE-2004-0396, 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-2004-0396 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2004-0396 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~82% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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