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CVE-2004-0418: Cvs: Remote code execution

CVE-2004-0418 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Cvs, along with 4 other products in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

serve_notify in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, does not properly handle empty data lines, which may allow remote attackers to perform an "out-of-bounds" write for a single byte to execute arbitrary code or modify critical program data.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Cvs: 1.10.7; 1.10.8; 1.11; 1.11.1; 1.11.1_p1; 1.11.2; 1.11.3; 1.11.4; 1.11.5; 1.11.6; 1.11.10; 1.11.11
  • Openpkg: all versions listed by NVD; 1.3; 2.0
  • Sgi Propack: 2.4; 3.0
  • Gentoo Linux: 1.4
  • Openbsd: all versions listed by NVD; 3.4; 3.5

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