CVE-2004-0180
The client for CVS before 1.11 allows a remote malicious CVS server to create arbitrary files using certain RCS diff files that use absolute pathnames during checkouts or updates, a different
02 Description
The client for CVS before 1.11 allows a remote malicious CVS server to create arbitrary files using certain RCS diff files that use absolute pathnames during checkouts or updates, a different
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-04-16 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-02-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 72022b73605ebdb1ae75abbde0f0965595db751c0f97377a56110a03728f8155
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com11548http://secunia.com/advisories/11548
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1042https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1042
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9462https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9462
- secunia.com11400http://secunia.com/advisories/11400
- secunia.com11375http://secunia.com/advisories/11375
- www.debian.orgDSA-486http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-486
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2004:028http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:028
- secunia.com11368http://secunia.com/advisories/11368
- secunia.com11380http://secunia.com/advisories/11380
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcvs-rcs-create-files(15864)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15864
- ftp.openbsd.orgftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.5/common/002_cvs.patch
- www.slackware.comSSA:2004-108-02http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.400181
- patches.sgi.com20040404-01-Uftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040404-01-U.asc
- ftp.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-04:07ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:07.cvs.asc
- secunia.com11374http://secunia.com/advisories/11374
- secunia.com11377http://secunia.com/advisories/11377
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200404-13http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-13.xml
- secunia.com11371http://secunia.com/advisories/11371
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:153http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-153.html
- marc.infoFEDORA-2004-1620http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108636445031613&w=2
- secunia.com11405http://secunia.com/advisories/11405
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:154http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-154.html
- secunia.com11391http://secunia.com/advisories/11391
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cvs Fixed in 1:1.12.5-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cvs Fixed in 1:1.12.5-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cvs Fixed in 1:1.12.5-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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