CVE-2003-0977

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0977
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-01-05 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionCVS server before 1.11.10 may allow attackers to cause the CVS server to create directories and files in the file system root directory via malformed module requests.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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 1.11.1_p1 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 1.11.5 All All All
Application Cvs Cvs 1.11.6 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 8.1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 9.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/NewsItemView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ccvs.cvshome.org Patch
'[OpenPKG-SA-2003.052] OpenPKG Security Advisory (cvs)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for CVS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-422-1 cvs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'[FLSA-2004:1207] Updated cvs resolves security vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040103-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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