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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-12836: Vulnerability in CVS

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-12836: Vulnerability in CVS

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/24/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/19/2017
Modified
02/17/2022

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(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-developer-versioning-cvs-1-12-13-0-175-3-24-0-3-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-entire-11-4-11-4-0-0-1-15-0

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