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ELSA-2012-0321 Moderate: Oracle Linux cvs security update

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ELSA-2012-0321 Moderate: Oracle Linux cvs security update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/29/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2012
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the proxy_connect function in src/client.c in CVS 1.11 and 1.12 allows remote HTTP proxy servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP response.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-cvs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-cvs-inetd

References

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