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Sid
13614

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in CVS.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
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.

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Affected Systems:
CVS CVS 2

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2004-0396:
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2004-0396

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