4.41. cvs
Updated cvs packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) associated with each description below.
Concurrent Version System (CVS) is a version control system that can record the history of your files.
Security Fix
- CVE-2012-0804
- A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the CVS client handled responses from HTTP proxies. A malicious HTTP proxy could use this flaw to cause the CVS client to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the CVS client.
All users of cvs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a patch to correct this issue.
