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    CVE-2004-0396

    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.

    Published:May 19, 2004
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:May 20, 2004
    EPSS Score:0.86593
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Cvs
    Product
    Cvs
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/300https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/301

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2005-2693 (CVSS 4.6) — cvsbug in CVS 1.12.12 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite ar…
    CVE-2004-1342 (CVSS 7.5) — CVS 1.12 and earlier on Debian GNU/Linux, when using the repouid patch, allows remote attackers to bypass auth…
    CVE-2005-0753 (CVSS 7.5) — Buffer overflow in CVS before 1.11.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.…
    CVE-2004-1471 (CVSS 7.1) — Format string vulnerability in wrapper.c in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16 allows remot…
    CVE-2004-1343 (CVSS 5) — CVS 1.12 and earlier on Debian GNU/Linux does not properly handle when a mapping for the current repository do…
    CVE-2004-0414 (CVSS 10) — CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, does not properly handle malformed "Entry" lines, which…
    CVE-2004-0418 (CVSS 10) — serve_notify in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11.16, does not properly handle empty data lin…
    CVE-2004-0416 (CVSS 10) — Double free vulnerability for the error_prog_name string in CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, and 1.11.x through 1.11…
    CVE-2004-0417 (CVSS 5) — Integer overflow in the "Max-dotdot" CVS protocol command (serve_max_dotdot) for CVS 1.12.x through 1.12.8, an…

    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
    http://www.osvdb.org/6305
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-190.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10384
    http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.395865
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-147A.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16193
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9058
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A970
    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
    http://www.osvdb.org/6305
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-190.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10384
    http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.395865
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-147A.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16193
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9058
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A970

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High