From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue Jan 13 2004 - 05:10:36 CST

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TITLE:
Red Hat update for CVS

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA10601

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/10601/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Linux 9

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat 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:

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/cvs-1.11.2-13.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/cvs-1.11.2-13.i386.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-003.html

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

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