vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-12836: CVS: Command injection

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 24, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

CVS 1.12.x, when configured to use SSH for remote repositories, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a repository URL with a crafted hostname, as demonstrated by "-oProxyCommand=id;localhost:/bar."

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-vcs-cvs
Title
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