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authorAlex Legler <alex@a3li.li>2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+
+<glsa id="200312-08">
+ <title>CVS: possible root compromise when using CVS pserver</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A possible root compromise exists for CVS pservers.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">cvs</product>
+ <announced>2003-12-28</announced>
+ <revised>2003-12-28: 01</revised>
+ <bug>36142</bug>
+ <access>unknown</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-util/cvs" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.11.11</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="le">1.11.10</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ CVS, which stands for Concurrent Versions System, is a client/server
+ application which tracks changes to sets of files. It allows multiple users
+ to work concurrently on files, and then merge their changes back into the
+ main tree (which can be on a remote system). It also allows branching, or
+ maintaining separate versions for files.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Quote from ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsID=88:
+ "Stable CVS 1.11.11 has been released. Stable releases contain only bug
+ fixes from previous versions of CVS. This release adds code to the CVS
+ server to prevent it from continuing as root after a user login, as an extra
+ failsafe against a compromise of the CVSROOT/passwd file. Previously, any
+ user with the ability to write the CVSROOT/passwd file could execute
+ arbitrary code as the root user on systems with CVS pserver access enabled.
+ We recommend this upgrade for all CVS servers!"
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>
+ A remote user could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the root
+ user.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Gentoo Linux machines with cvs installed should be updated to use
+ cvs-1.11.11 or higher.
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge sync
+ # emerge -pv '&gt;=dev-util/cvs-1.11.11'
+ # emerge '&gt;=dev-util/cvs-1.11.11'
+ # emerge clean</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references/>
+</glsa>