CVE-2004-0180

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    CVE-2004-0180

    Published: 1 Jun 2004Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The client for CVS before 1.11 allows a remote malicious CVS server to create arbitrary files using certain RCS diff files that use absolute pathnames during checkouts or updates, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0405.

    References: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:07.cvs.asc, ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040404-01-U.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/11368, http://secunia.com/advisories/11371, http://secunia.com/advisories/11374, http://secunia.com/advisories/11375, http://secunia.com/advisories/11377, http://secunia.com/advisories/11380, http://secunia.com/advisories/11391, http://secunia.com/advisories/11400, http://secunia.com/advisories/11405, http://secunia.com/advisories/11548, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-13.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-486, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:028, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-153.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-154.html, ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:07.cvs.asc, http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-486, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-153.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-154.html, ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.5/common/002_cvs.patch, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108636445031613&w=2, http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.400181, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15864, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1042, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9462

    Affected packages

    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