Security update for CVS
SUSE Security Update: Security update for CVS
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way CVS
read proxy connection HTTP responses. An attacker could
exploit this to cause the application to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code in the context of the
user running the application (CVE-2012-0804).
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2012-0804
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| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2012:0311-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #744059 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way CVS
read proxy connection HTTP responses. An attacker could
exploit this to cause the application to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code in the context of the
user running the application (CVE-2012-0804).
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2012-0804
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 FOR SP2:
zypper in -t patch sdksp1fsp2-cvs-5860 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sdksp1-cvs-5860 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-cvs-5860 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 FOR SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp1fsp2-cvs-5860 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-cvs-5860 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 FOR SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1fsp2-cvs-5860 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-cvs-5860
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 FOR SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- cvs-doc-1.12.12-144.23.5.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
- cvs-doc-1.12.12-144.23.5.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- cvs-1.12.12-144.23.5.1
- cvs-doc-1.12.12-144.23.5.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 FOR SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- cvs-1.12.12-144.23.5.1
- cvs-doc-1.12.12-144.23.5.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- cvs-1.12.12-144.23.5.1
- cvs-doc-1.12.12-144.23.5.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
- cvs-1.12.12-19.10.1
- cvs-doc-1.12.12-19.10.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 FOR SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- cvs-1.12.12-144.23.5.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
- cvs-1.12.12-144.23.5.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
- cvs-1.12.12-19.10.1
- SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
- cvs-doc-1.12.12-19.10.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0804.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/744059
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=41477536d35b7564ae5f346cb53a4248
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=41ed9e2e2ddfbd6e10469d928edf5ba4