CVE-2003-0015

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0015
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-02-07 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-05-03 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionDouble-free vulnerability in CVS 1.11.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Directory request, as demonstrated by bypassing write checks to execute Update-prog and Checkin-prog commands.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-415

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cvs Cvs 1.10.7 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.10.8 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.11 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.11.1 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.11.1p1 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.11.2 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.11.3 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.11.4 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.10.7 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.10.8 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.11 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.11.1 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.11.1p1 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.11.2 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.11.3 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.11.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.7 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 5.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-233-1 cvs DEBIAN www.debian.org
N-032 CIAC www.ciac.org
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
'FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-03:01.cvs' - MARC FREEBSD marc.info
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'Test program for CVS double-free.' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'Exploit for CVS double free() for Linux pserver' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/NewsItemView CONFIRM ccvs.cvshome.org Broken Link
Neohapsis Archives - VulnWatch - [VulnWatch] Advisory 01/2003: CVS remote vulnerability - From s.esser_at_e-matters.de VULNWATCH archives.neohapsis.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#650937 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
CERT Advisory CA-2003-02 Double-Free Bug in CVS Server CERT www.cert.org US Government Resource
Mandrakesoft Security Advisories MANDRAKE www.mandrakesoft.com
'[[email protected]: [slackware-security] New CVS packages available]' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
CVS Directory Request Double Free Heap Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Advisory 01/2003 - CVS remote vulnerability | e-matters MISC security.e-matters.de Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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