CVS 1.10 Client File privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in CVS 1.10 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability (File). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The client for CVS before 1.11 allows a remote malicious CVS server to create arbitrary files using certain RCS diff files that use absolute pathnames during checkouts or updates, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0405.

The bug was discovered 04/14/2004. The weakness was shared 06/01/2004 by Sebastian Krahmer (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0180 since 02/25/2004. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14127 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cvs (MDKSA-2004:028)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.11 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15891) and Tenable (14127). The entry 21893 is related to this item.

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Name: File
Class: Privileges management / File
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 14127
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cvs (MDKSA-2004:028)
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OpenVAS ID: 53177
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 486-1 (cvs)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CVS 1.11

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04/15/2004 +1 days 🔍
06/01/2004 +47 days 🔍
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09/06/2005 +402 days 🔍
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06/09/2019 +1697 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Sebastian Krahmer
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-0180 (🔍)
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X-Force: 15891
Vulnerability Center: 9094 - CVS Client 1.11 Enables Remote Malicious CVS Servers to Create Arbitrary Files, Medium
SecurityFocus: 10138
Secunia: 11368 - CVS Path Validation Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 5367 - CVS RCS diff command file creation

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2014 17:30
Updated: 06/09/2019 09:14
Changes: 10/16/2014 17:30 (74), 06/09/2019 09:14 (8)
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