USN-3399-1

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    USN-3399-1

    Published: 21 Aug 2017Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: cvs vulnerability

    Details: Hank Leininger discovered that cvs did not properly handle SSH for remote repositories. A remote attacker could use this to construct a cvs repository that when accessed could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3399-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12836

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cvs

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/cvs@2:1.12.13+real-12ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:1.12.13+real-12ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    2:1.12.13+real-11
    2:1.12.13+real-12

    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