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Debian: DSA-3940-1 Critical: CVS Arbitrary Command Execution

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Calendar Grey August 13, 2017
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4202-1 resolves a critical vulnerability in Git, allowing unauthorized code execution through malicious repositories.
It was discovered that CVS, a centralised version control system, did not correctly handle maliciously constructed repository URLs, which allowed an attacker to run an arbitrary sh...
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 2:1.12.13+real-15+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:1.12.13+real-22+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your cvs packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: cvs
CVE ID: CVE-2017-12836

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