DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0804

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0804

    Published: 29 May 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-0804

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the proxy_connect function in src/client.c in CVS 1.11 and 1.12 allows remote HTTP proxy servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP response.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0804

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cvs

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/cvs?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:1.12.13+real-7

    Affected versions

    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