CVS up to 1.11.6 privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in CVS up to 1.11.6. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

CVS server before 1.11.10 may allow attackers to cause the CVS server to create directories and files in the file system root directory via malformed module requests.

The bug was discovered 12/08/2003. The weakness was shared 12/04/2003 by Derek Price (Website). The advisory is available at ccvs.cvshome.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0977 since 12/09/2003. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14094 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cvs (MDKSA-2003:112-1)), 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 1.11.10 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ccvs.cvshome.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 6 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2318. In this case the pattern Argument is used for detection.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13929) and Tenable (14094). heise.de is providing further details.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.6
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 14094
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cvs (MDKSA-2003:112-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 53679
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 422-1 (cvs)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CVS 1.11.10
Patch: ccvs.cvshome.org

Snort ID: 2318
Snort Message: MISC CVS non-relative path access attempt
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Suricata ID: 2102318
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ccvs.cvshome.org
Researcher: Derek Price
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2003-0977 (🔍)
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X-Force: 13929 - CVS malformed module file manipulation, Medium Risk
Vulnerability Center: 3227 - CVS server < 1.11.10 Allows Directories Creation, Medium
SecurityFocus: 9178 - CVS Malformed Request System Root File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 10388 - CVS Creation of Arbitrary Directories, Less Critical
OSVDB: 2941 - CVS pserver Crafted Module Request Arbitrary File / Directory Creation

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/10/2003 15:19
Updated: 06/27/2019 12:21
Changes: 12/10/2003 15:19 (101), 06/27/2019 12:21 (4)
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