CVS 1.11/1.12 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in CVS 1.11/1.12. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2004-0396. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in CVS 1.11/1.12. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in CVS 1.11.x up to 1.11.15, and 1.12.x up to 1.12.7, when using the pserver mechanism allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Entry lines.

The bug was discovered 05/19/2004. The weakness was released 05/19/2004 by Stefan Esser (Matt) with eMatters (Website). The advisory is available at security.e-matters.de. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0396 since 04/13/2004. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14147 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cvs (MDKSA-2004:048)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38273 (CVS Malformed Entry Modified and Unchanged Flag Insertion Heap Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at cvshome.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 13616. In this case the pattern Event is used for detection.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16193), Exploit-DB (300), Tenable (14147), SecurityFocus (BID 10384†) and OSVDB (6305†). Further details are available at netsys.com. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-1860, VDB-1858 and VDB-1859. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 14147
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cvs (MDKSA-2004:048)
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OpenVAS ID: 100289
OpenVAS Name: CVS Malformed Entry Modified and Unchanged Flag Insertion Heap Overflow Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: cvshome.org

Snort ID: 13616
Snort Message: SPECIFIC-THREATS CVS Argument overflow
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: security.e-matters.de
Researcher: Stefan Esser (Matt)
Organization: eMatters
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0396 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0396
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-666

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X-Force: 16193 - CVS entry line buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 10384 - CVS Malformed Entry Modified and Unchanged Flag Insertion Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 11674 - Gentoo update for CVS, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 6305 - CVS pserver Line Entry Handling Remote Overflow
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
Vulnerability Center: 4332

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/24/2004 10:41
Updated: 07/12/2025 23:07
Changes: 05/24/2004 10:41 (96), 06/28/2019 14:01 (2), 06/08/2024 21:15 (16), 07/01/2024 18:44 (1), 12/16/2024 03:03 (3), 07/12/2025 23:07 (2)
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