CVE-2004-0396 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 67.5% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in CVS 1.11.x up to 1.11.15, and 1.12.x up to 1.12.7, when using the pserver mechanism allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Entry lines.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 67.53% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-06-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cvs | cvs |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | CVS (Linux/FreeBSD) - Remote Entry Line Heap Overflow | 2004-06-25 |
| exploit-db | CVS - Remote Entry Line Root Heap Overflow | 2004-06-25 |
References
- ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-008.txt.asc
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:10.cvs.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0980.html
- http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2004/05/msg00219.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021742.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108498454829020&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108500040719512&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108636445031613&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-security-announce&m=108508894405639&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11641
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11647
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11651
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11652
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11674
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/072004.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-12.xml
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-147.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-505
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/192038
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:048
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