From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Wed Dec 17 2003 - 14:54:43 CST

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TITLE:
OpenPKG update for cvs

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA10455

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/10455/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
OpenPKG 1.x

DESCRIPTION:
OpenPKG has issued updated packages for cvs. These fix a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious users to create
arbitrary folders and possibly files in the root of the host's file
system.

For more information:
SA10388

SOLUTION:
Updated packages:

$ ftp ftp.openpkg.org
ftp> bin
ftp> cd release/1.3/UPD
ftp> get cvs-1.12.1-1.3.1.src.rpm
ftp> bye
$ <prefix>/bin/rpm -v --checksig cvs-1.12.1-1.3.1.src.rpm
$ <prefix>/bin/rpm --rebuild cvs-1.12.1-1.3.1.src.rpm
$ su -
# <prefix>/bin/rpm -Fvh <prefix>/RPM/PKG/cvs-1.12.1-1.3.1.*.rpm

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA10388:
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/10388/

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