CVS 1.10 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in CVS 1.10. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-0405. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CVS 1.10 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

CVS before 1.11 allows CVS clients to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in filenames via CVS client requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0180.

The weakness was presented 06/01/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared at debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0405 since 04/16/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12531 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38269 (CVS Server Piped Checkout Access Validation Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 1.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15891), Tenable (12531), SecurityFocus (BID 10140†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4184†). See VDB-21884 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 12531
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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

Timelineinfo

04/14/2004 🔍
04/14/2004 +0 days 🔍
04/16/2004 +2 days 🔍
04/25/2004 +9 days 🔍
06/01/2004 +37 days 🔍
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10/16/2014 +3789 days 🔍
07/12/2025 +3922 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0405 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0405
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21893

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X-Force: 15891
SecurityFocus: 10140 - CVS Server Piped Checkout Access Validation Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4184 - CVS < 1.11 Allow File System Read, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/16/2014 17:32
Updated: 07/12/2025 22:58
Changes: 10/16/2014 17:32 (62), 05/21/2019 10:05 (3), 06/29/2021 18:32 (3), 07/12/2025 22:58 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:5AD:103

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