CVSps Unfiltered Escape Sequence Vulnerability

BID:7288

Info

CVSps Unfiltered Escape Sequence Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7288
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 05 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 05 2003 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was reported in the product changelog.
Vulnerable: CVSps CVSps 2.0 b9
CVSps CVSps 2.0 b8
CVSps CVSps 2.0 b7
CVSps CVSps 2.0 b6
Not Vulnerable: CVSps CVSps 2.0 b10

Discussion

CVSps Unfiltered Escape Sequence Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been reported for CVSps where some characters were improperly filtered prior to sending them to the command shell.

When CVSps is used to process the malicious CVS repository, it may be possible to execute commands on the underlying shell of the host.

Solution / Fix

CVSps Unfiltered Escape Sequence Vulnerability

Solution:
Fixes available:


CVSps CVSps 2.0 b6

CVSps CVSps 2.0 b9

CVSps CVSps 2.0 b7

CVSps CVSps 2.0 b8

References

CVSps Unfiltered Escape Sequence Vulnerability

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