CVE-2002-0092

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0092
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-03-15 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2016-10-18 02:16:00 UTC
DescriptionCVS before 1.10.8 does not properly initialize a global variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via the diff capability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cvs Cvs All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-117-1 cvs DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
'Re: [Fwd: Help needed with bufferoverflow in cvs]' - MARC VULN-DEV marc.info
'Help needed with bufferoverflow in cvs' - MARC VULN-DEV marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
ISS X-Force Database: cvs-global-var-dos (8366): CVS improperly initialized global variable can cause a denial of service XF www.iss.net
CVS Server Global Variable Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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