CVS up to 1.12.8 Error Message history.c -X information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in CVS. This affects an unknown part of the file history.c of the component Error Message Handler. Such manipulation of the argument -X leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0778. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in CVS. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file history.c of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument -X with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

CVS 1.11.x before 1.11.17, and 1.12.x before 1.12.9, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and directories via the -X command for an alternate history file, which causes different error messages to be returned.

The bug was discovered 07/22/2004. The weakness was shared 08/16/2004 by Sebastian Krahmer (iDefense) with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is available at idefense.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0778 since 08/11/2004. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 25 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14313 (CVS history.c File Existence Information Disclosure), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 1.12.9 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 31611.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17001), Tenable (14313), SecurityFocus (BID 10955†), OSVDB (8977†) and Secunia (SA12309†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 14313
Nessus Name: CVS history.c File Existence Information Disclosure
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OpenVAS ID: 14313
OpenVAS Name: CVS file existence information disclosure weakness
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CVS 1.12.9
Patch: ccvs.cvshome.org
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Timelineinfo

06/09/2004 🔍
07/22/2004 +43 days 🔍
08/11/2004 +20 days 🔍
08/16/2004 +5 days 🔍
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08/17/2004 +1 days 🔍
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08/20/2004 +2 days 🔍
08/23/2004 +3 days 🔍
09/06/2004 +14 days 🔍
10/20/2004 +44 days 🔍
12/16/2024 +7362 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: idefense.com⛔
Researcher: Sebastian Krahmer (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0778 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0778
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-794

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X-Force: 17001 - CVS history information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 10955 - CVS Undocumented History Flag Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 12309 - CVS File Existence Information Disclosure Weakness, Not Critical
OSVDB: 8977 - CVS history.c File Existence Information Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1010958
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
Vulnerability Center: 5307 - CVS Allows Files Existence Disclosure, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 08/23/2004 11:17
Updated: 12/16/2024 03:59
Changes: 08/23/2004 11:17 (99), 06/29/2019 09:15 (2), 12/16/2024 03:59 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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