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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201701-44">
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<title>CVS: Heap-based overflow</title>
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<synopsis>A heap-based buffer overflow in CVS might allow remote attackers to
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execute
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arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">cvs</product>
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<announced>2017-01-19</announced>
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<revised count="01">2017-01-19</revised>
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<bug>402593</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-vcs/cvs" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.12.12-r11</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.12.12-r11</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is an open-source network-transparent
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version control system. It contains both a client utility and a server.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the proxy_connect
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function in src/client.c in CVS.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>An attacker, utilizing a remote HTTP proxy server, could cause a Denial
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of Service condition or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted
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HTTP response.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All CVS users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/cvs-1.12.12-r11"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0804">CVE-2012-0804</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-18T08:43:18Z">b-man</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-19T19:06:48Z">b-man</metadata>
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</glsa>
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